MST Times

 Faculty, Adjunct, Student and Alumni Accomplishments & Announcements Philip Boda, Science Education Ed.M. candidate, Proposal accepted for presentation at the Association for Science Teacher Education 2013 International Conference. The presentation emphasizes the historical evolution of science-specific, inquiry-based pedagogy to support a novel, graphically-organized conception of inquiry learning for pre- and in-service science teachers. In collaboration, [...]

 Faculty, Adjunct, Student and Alumni Accomplishments & Announcements Mr. Phillip Boda, Science Education Ed.M. 2014, Abstract accepted for a 1-hour interactive break-out session on an inquiry-based pedagogical strategy to use student prior knowledge and personal interest as tools to develop curricular maps for specific student populations. Breakout session consists of participants being active learners of [...]

 Faculty, Adjunct, Student and Alumni Accomplishments & Announcements Dr. Fernand Brunschwig, Adjunct Associate Professor in Science Education, was recognized with the Jerry Resnick Memorial Presidential Award at the SCONYC conference at Styvesant HS. The Physics Club of NY sponsored by the Physics Teachers NYC presented the award. He was honored for “organizing the Saturday morning [...]

Dr. Christopher Emdin (Assistant Professor, Science Education Program) was awarded the 2011 Strage Junior Faculty Prize. This award includes the Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation. Attached is the link to the production of a web video that highlights the work of the recipient. Click here to see the video. Dr. Joey Lee (Assistant [...]

A paper published by Professor O. Roger Anderson, co-authored with Julie Contino, an Ed.D. candidate in Science Education, has been selected by the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) as one of the top ten papers published in science education in 2010.  The paper, titled  “A Study of [...]

Dr. Christopher Emdin, named the “hip-hop educator” by Arrive Magazine, has had a busy year. He appeared twice on Fox News regarding New York City school closings and its implications. He was also highlighted in TC Today under the title The Hip-Hop Hypothesis and TC Record in a video interview regarding his paper, Hip-Hop, the [...]

Nathan N. Alexander, a current PhD student in the Mathematics Education Program, was awarded a Dean’s Grant for Student Research. He will be conducting a pilot study which identifies cases of mathematics success among urban minority students within schools and during their time outside of school, such as in after-school programs, at home, or even [...]