What does it take to sustain a productive partnership in education?

2017 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Hammerness ◽  
Anna MacPherson ◽  
Maritza Macdonald ◽  
Hudson Roditi ◽  
Linda Curtis-Bey

What does it take to sustain a productive partnership between a public school system and local cultural institutions? This article describes the genesis, evolution, and continued success of a long-term partnership between the New York City Department of Education, the American Museum of Natural History, and seven other leading cultural institutions, promoting inquiry-based science instruction in local middle schools.

1948 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. C. Nelson

American Archaeology lost one of its . most enthusiastic promoters and interpreters by the death, in New York City on August 25, of Doctor Clark Wissler. As one of the last of the passing generation of anthropologists with university training to enter the profession from another discipline—in this case Psychology—-he came to the American Museum of Natural History in 1902, at the age of 32. He served at first as Assistant in the Department of Ethnology under Curators F. W. Putnam and Franz Boas; but not long after, probably on Putnam's departure, was advanced to Assistant Curator of Ethnology and by 1905 is recorded as Acting Curator of Ethnology. Succeeding Boas, on the latter's complete transfer to Columbia University in 1906, he was named Curator of the Department of Ethnology and finally, in 1907, Curator of the Department of Anthropology, a rank which he held until retired to emeritus status in 1942, at the ripe age of 72.


2020 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Mode ◽  
Dulce Michelle

In a time when equity and justice are at the forefront of conversations across the nation, it is essential that the voices of students are not ignored or tokenized. New York City has the most segregated public school system in the nation, more segregated now than in the 1960s. Hundreds of thousands of students spend every day in segregated classrooms, and yet our voices are not the focus. Students are powerful. Students are knowledgeable. Students are passionate. Students are the ones directly feeling the effects of an immensely segregated and inequitable system.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-130
Author(s):  
Christopher Vicari ◽  
Barry Joseph ◽  
Brittany Klimowicz ◽  
Hannah Jaris ◽  
Shane Asseltine ◽  
...  

We designed an activity-based science curriculum that used Minecraft to support microbiology learning for students en-rolled in the Lang Science Program at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City. Minecraft offered an option to consolidate complex science content into digestible activities for modeling concepts and demonstrate student mastery. We will (1) present a background of the course, design processes, and how we used Minecraft in the curriculum, (2) describe the design of the educational Minecraft activities, (3) articulate design issues, adjustments, and constraints, and (4) discuss future changes.


Author(s):  
Scott MacDonald

The introduction creates a context for a wide range of avant-doc films (that is, films that work in the zone between conventional documentary and what has usually been called “avant-garde” filmmaking), locating these films within the tradition established a century ago by the development of the habitat diorama of animal life, specifically the Akeley Hall of African Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The habitat diorama provides precise documentation of the specifics of animal life that is, insofar as possible, devoid of political argument. The aim of the habitat diorama, and of the films discussed throughout the book, is to be as purely educational as cinema can be: the creator of the habitat dioramas and the film documents discussed provide precise visions of what the makers believe we need to see, in order to understand more of the world around us.


1971 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Stein

Annie Stein draws upon thirty-five years of broad experience as a research analyst. During her long association with the New York City Public School System she has served as consultant, curriculum evaluator, community advocate, and staff aide to Dr. Milton A. Galarnison when he was vice-president of the New York City Board of Education. These selections from her field notes present a range of observations on various school practices.


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