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COVID-19 Screening & Testing
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Linda Beardsley
In the article Online learning exposes enduring educational inequalities, sparks efforts for reform, Senior Lecturer Linda Beardsley and Tufts students Mindy Duggan and Sara Siqueira, discuss the inequities inherent in distance learning, the role of education reform, and the positive steps our department is taking to provide a multi-faceted educational experience. Before coming to Tufts, Linda worked in the Massachusetts Department of Education on the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993, "which mandated the creation of curriculum frameworks as an attempt to provide equity across the state's public schools." Her experience in educational policy reinforced her belief that "education reform should not be a top-down process created by lawmakers and academics." Both Linda and student Mindy Duggan, emphasize the importance of including teachers in education reform. Referencing our department's diversified curriculum requirements, Duggan, who is considering majoring in education, states: "I think these categories are preparing education majors for all situations that they may encounter as teachers or administrators...By placing classes into categories, the department is educating students on as many aspects of teaching as possible."
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Cynthia Robinson
Senior Lecturer Cynthia Robinson, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Museum Education (JME), is pleased to announce the publication of " Queering the Museum," JME's most recent issue (45.4, 2020). The issue was guest-edited by Danielle Bennett, History and Museum Studies M.A. (G'19), and emanates from her Tufts thesis, "Dwelling in Possibility: Queering Historic House Museums." In addition, the September issue of JME (45.3, 2020), includes two articles written by former students; Alum Lis Adams, Museum Studies Certificate M.A. (G'07), wrote, " Fiction vs. Reality: Discovering the Real Little Women at Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House," and Alum Abigail Zhang, Museum Education M.A. (G'16), co-authored, " Visiting Uncle Tom's Cabin: University-Style Discussions in a Historic House Museum." The special issue focused on literary museums. JME is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis and is available through Tisch Library's online holdings.
Cynthia has also been elected to the board of the New England Museum Association. Congratulations, Cynthia! |
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Article by Abigail Epplett
"Metis Leather Jacket: Exploring a Syncretic Culture in the Mid-19th Century" is an article published by current Museum Studies student Abigail Epplett, in a new, online platform, "The Coalition of Master's Scholars on Material Culture." Abigail's research grew out of an assignment for ED 280, Teaching and Learning in the Museum, in which she designed and conducted an object-based lesson. She is also leading two study groups with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Tufts. These classes are geared towards older adults who want to learn in a fun, low-pressure environment. CONGRATULATIONS, Abigail!
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Alum Lama Jaber
PhD STEM '14 alum, Lama Jaber will be promoted this year to Associate Professor with Tenure at Florida State University. She will also receive an Early Career Research Award from the National Association of Science Teachers, as a scholar "who demonstrates the greatest potential to make outstanding and continuing contributions to educational research." CONGRATULATIONS, Lama!
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"All Kinds of Things are Possible"
In ED 189, The Role of Story in Education, students explore "education" as a story that runs through each of our lives. Our education narrative influences so much of how we develop our ideas about the world, as well as our ideas about ourselves. It impacts the ways in which we make decisions and make sense of the world. In addition, ED 189 asks students to consider the many different ways that the education narrative is constructed in others. The final assignment asked each student to become a storyteller and develop a digital story that captures an important education story they wanted to tell. We share three examples that represent the range of narratives the Fall 2020 students developed.
As the new semester begins, we hope these stories help you to see how each chapter of our own education stories reveals the strength, courage, commitment and joy the quest of education reveals. Maxine Greene said, "From a human perspective, that of a teacher beginning the school year, a writer beginning a book, a child beginning first grade, nothing is fully predictable or determined...and yet all kinds of things are possible.
-Linda Beardsley
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Video by Jan Lui (interviewing her mother)
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Video by Rachel Isralowitz (interviewing her great-great aunt)
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Announcing
Department of Education
Student Voices Blog
We are hoping to start a Student Voices blog and would love to hear from you! If you would like to contribute please contact Philip Gay or Michelle Falcon. |
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My Home is a Museum Submissions Welcome
Museum Education student Sayyara Huseynli has initiated a community project called "My Home is a Museum" that invites you to share a unique object from your home with your colleagues. Please visit the Museum Studies blog site to participate. |
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Led by the Indigenous Students' of Tufts, this well-attended virtual event included a history of the National Day of Mourning, which is held and observed in Plymouth, Massachusetts each year on the fourth Thursday of November. It was sponsored by our department in partnership with Child Study and Human Development, Urban and Environmental Policy, Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Program, Indigenous Students' Organization at Tufts, Tisch College and the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora.
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Hoch Cunningham Environmental Lectures
The Spring roster for the Hoch Cunningham Environmental Lectures features artists, policy makers, scientists, scholars and activists. They will be joining from as close as our local communities to as far as Bhutan.
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CELT Workshops- Spring Schedule
For a list of upcoming faculty roundtable discussions, workshops, and webinars please visit the CELT website.
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