Brief Profile

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Nayak

Designation :Assistant Director (Academic)

Department : Academic

Room No : 712
Office Phone : 0120-4089868
Residence Phone : -
E-mail : aomaths[at]nios[dot]ac[dot]in
Personal Webpage :

Qualification

• M.Sc (Mathematics), M.Ed, Ph.D (Education), PGDDE (IGNOU)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

• Mathematics Education
• Educational Statistics
• Measurement and Evaluation
• Teacher Education and
• Open and Distance Education

Experience

• Presently working as Assistant Director (Academic) and joined at NIOS as Academic Officer (Mathematics) from 13/07/2012.
• Worked as Lecturer in Education at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack from 02/05/2011 to 10/07/2012
• Worked as Assistant Professor in Mathematics Education at Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Bhubaneswar 06/07/2010 to 30/04/2011
• Worked as Lecturer in Education at Army Institute of Education, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi from 1st October 2009 to 31st May 2010.
• Worked as Research fellow in Education Department, Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Bhubaneswar from 1st July, 2008 to 30th Sept.2009.

Contribution to NIOS in last one year

• Developed Massive Open Online Course in Mathematics (311) at Senior Secondary level
• Developed Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) in Mathematics at Secondary and Senior Secondary level.
• Standardised Marking Scheme in Mathematics at Secondary and Senior Secondary level.
• Developed 15 video tutorials in Mathematics at Senior Secondary Level.
• Proof reading and finalised the question papers in all Academic subjects at Secondary and Senior secondary level.
• Participated in web radio programme in Mathematics both at at Secondary and Senior Secondary level live MuktaVidyaVani.
• Organize National Mathematics day through A-view video conference.
• Visited to Japan and Participated   Teacher Exchange programme of Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO.
• Academic supports in training and monitoring for D.El. Ed programme of NIOS.

Awards and Honors

• Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Doctoral fellowship in 2008.
• Samaj Merit Scholarship for best graduate in Mathematics in the state of Odisha in 2005.
• Life Member in All India Association for Educational Research (AIAER).

Publication, if any

• Nayak, R.K. & Senapaty, H.K. (2010). Effect of Constructivist Approach on Students' Learning Achievement in Mathematics at Primary Level. GYAN- The Journal of Education, 7(1), pp.53-60. A peer Reviewed International Journal
• Nayak, R.K. (2010). Effect of 5E' Learning Strategy on Fifth Grade Students' Mathematics Achievement. Edusearch Journal of Educational Research, 1(2), pp.32-40.
• Nayak, R.K. & Senapaty, H.K. (2011). Active Instructional Design in Constructivist Environment. National Journal of Research in Education and Extension, 16(1), pp.49-57.
• Nayak, R.K. & Senapaty, H.K. (2011). Constructivist Pedagogy and its Subsequent Effect on Mathematics Achievement in Elementary Urban Schools of Odisha. BRIC Journal of Educational Research, 1(1), pp.23-30.
• Nayak, R.K. (2011). Effectiveness of Constructivist Problem Based Learning Strategy of Mathematics Achievement of Secondary School Learners. Journal of Educational Chronicle an international journal of education, 1(2), pp.28-35.
• Nayak, R.K. (2010). Effect of Co-operative Learning Strategy on Students' Achievement in Mathematics at Elementary Level. Journal of Teacher Education and Research, 6(1), pp.6-13.
• Nayak, R.K. (2012). Exploring Concept Mapping: An Instructional Activity for Science Teaching and Learning. VISION Research journal of Education. India. 2(2), pp. 105-111.
• Nayak, R.K. (2011). A Study on the Effect of Constructivist Approach on Fostering Creativity in Primary School Children. Journal of Indian Education. XXXVII (3), 85-93. NCERT. India.
• Nayak, R.K. (2012). A Framework for Planning ICT Integration in the Constructivist Classroom. In Pajankar, V.D & Kumar, H. (Eds), School Education in India: A Holistic View (pp. 193-213). New Delhi: Kunal Book Pubisher.
• Nayak, R.K. (2014). Alternative Assessment Practices in Open Schooling System. COMOSA Journal, NIOS. V (2), July-December, 2014.
• Nayak, R.K. (2013). Promoting Problem-posing and Problem-solving Skills through Vedic Mathematics. Open Learning Magazine, NIOS. January-June, 2013.
• Nayak, R.K. (2009). Module on "ICT Integrated Learning Materials from Basic school subjects from Constructivist perspective. Bhubaneswar: Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Bhubaneswar
• Nayak, R.K. (2010). ICT Integrated Constructivist Lesson Plan in Different School Subjects. Bhubaneswar: Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Bhubaneswar.
• Nayak, R.K. (2011). Pedagogy-Content-Technology Integrated Learning at School Level. Bhubaneswar: Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Bhubaneswar.
• Nayak, R.K. (2011). Training Module on Emerging Pedagogy with reference to NCF-2005. Bhubaneswar: Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Bhubaneswar.
• Nayak, R.K. (2011). Training Module on Action Research for Improvement of Quality of Teaching Learning in different subject viz. Social Science, Science, Language and Mathematics. Bhubaneswar: Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Bhubaneswar.
• Nayak, R.K. (2011). Computer Assisted Learning. Self-Learning Material for Diploma in Elementary Education (D.EL.Ed.) Programme. National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS): MHRD, India.
• Nayak, R.K. (2011). ICT in Learning. Self-Learning Material for Diploma in Elementary Education (D.EL.Ed.) Programme. National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS): MHRD, India.
• Nayak, R.K. (2011). Learner and learning-centred Methodologies at Elementary Level. Self-Learning Material for Diploma in Elementary Education (D.EL.Ed.) Programme. National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS): MHRD, India