I am a Professor and Co-ordinator in the Instructional Technology program at CSULA. I joined CSULA in 2003 after completing my Ph.D in Educational Technology from the University of Northern Colorado. My philosophy of education has evolved over the years of my teaching experience (almost 22 years) and has an influence of both the eastern and western culture. Some of these educational thinkers that have influenced my philosophy of education are, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, and Rabindranath Tagore (from east) and John Dewey, Plato and Rousseau (from west). My volunteer work in the African continent has been an eye opener in further shaping my philosophy and understanding the true meaning of education and my role in the education system.
Education, I believe should be the one that helps in all round development of body, mind and soul. True education aims at not only intellectual, moral and spiritual development but also makes our life in harmony with all existence. This can happen in an environment where the student and teacher are co-learners. Learning should be meaningful and related to real life situations, which impacts the learner and its surroundings.There are two goals of education. One is for self and the other is for the society. Only when the self is enlightened will an individual be able to enlighten the society. To learn to be “human”, I believe is the ultimate goal of education.
My life long passion is to teach students’ from a diverse cultural background and incorporate the essence of different cultures into my classes. I have taught a wide variety of courses, related to use of computers in education and technology integration in K-12 setting, research methods in education, physical science content and pedagogy, e-learning, human performance technology, graphic design and technology, critical thinking, evaluation and data assessment and hypermedia and multimedia in classrooms. Currently I am teaching a research lab course in the Ed. D program that CSULA has just started.
I also have developed courses (e.g. EDIT 594: Human Performance Technology) where my students participate in solving real world problems and designing technology based interventions. Some of the interventions that my students have developed are: HIV/AIDS training manuals for the teenagers in Mozambique, Micro-financing and business plans for the women caregivers in Africa, E-learning course modules for the University of Unilurio in Mozambique, Solar cooking and training manuals and videos for the women in Mozambique.
Bio Source: https://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/dr-manisha-javeri
