Publications (Books and related)

     Books

  1. J. Ramadas, A. Kawalkar and S. Mathai: Small Science Teacher's Book for Class 1 and 2, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, 2004.

  2. J. Ramadas: Small Science Class 3 (TextBook), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, 1998; Oxford University Press, 2007.

  3. J. Ramadas: Small Science Class 3 (WorkBook), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, 1998; Oxford University Press, 2007.

  4. J. Ramadas: Small Science Class 3 (Teacher's Book), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, 1998; Oxford University Press, 2007.

  5. Translations of 2, 3 and 4 above:

  6. J. Ramadas: Small Science Class 4 (TextBook), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, 2001; Oxford University Press, 2007.

  7. J. Ramadas: Small Science Class 4 (WorkBook), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, 2001; Oxford University Press, 2007.

  8. J. Ramadas: Small Science Class 4 (Teacher's Book), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, 2001; Oxford University Press, 2007.

  9. Translations of 6, 7 and 8 above:

    This series concludes with Small Science Class 5 TextBook, WorkBook and Teacher's Book, authored by J. Vijapurkar, published by HBCSE, 2004 and 2006, and Oxford University Press, 2007.

  10. S. Chunawala, B. Mahajan, S. Mahurkar, C. Natarajan, J. Ramadas and K. Subramaniam: The Roots of Reason: Science and Technology in the Ancient World, Quest Publications, 2001.

  11. J. Ramadas and S. Chunawala (Eds.): epiSTEME-1 Research Trends in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (epiSTEME Reviews Volume 1), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, 2006.

Ph.D. Thesis

  1. J. Ramadas: Evolving and Testing a Strategy for Curriculum Development in Science Relevant to the Indian School System at the Primary and Secondary Levels, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Poona, 1981.

Chapters in Books

  1. J. Ramadas: Motion in children's Drawings, In I. Harel (Ed.), Constructionist Learning: A 5th Anniversary Collection of Papers, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1990.

  2. J. Ramadas and M. Shayer: Schematic Representations in Optics, In P. Black and A. Lucas (Eds.), Children's Informal Ideas: Towards Construction of Working Theories, Routledge, London, 1993.

  3. J. Ramadas: Science and Technology Education in South Asia, In E. Jenkins (Ed.), Innovation in Science and Technology Education, Vol.8, UNESCO, Paris, 2003.

  4. J. Ramadas: Visual-spatial Modes in Science Learning, In B. Choksi and C. Natarajan (Eds.) epiSTEME-2 Research Trends in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (epiSTEME Reviews Volume 2), Mumbai: Macmillan India, 2008.

  5. A. Srivastava and J. Ramadas: Using Analogy and Gesture for Mental Visualization of DNA Structure, In David Treagust and Chi-Yan Tsui (Eds.) Multiple Representations in Biological Education, Springer series on ``Models and Modelling in Science Education'', Volume 5 (In Press).

Invited Book Review

  1. J. Ramadas and S. Mathai: Book Review. Visualization in Science Education. Ed. John K. Gilbert (2005) Dodrecht: Springer. International Journal of Science Education, 30 (15), 2091-6, 2008.