Learning of uncertainty in an introductory astronomy course in remote asynchronous delivery during Covid-19 lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Tak Cheung ◽  
Sunil Dehipawala ◽  
Ian Schanning ◽  
George Tremberger
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Science Majors ◽  
College Level ◽  
Rote Learning ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Alternative Perspective

The teaching of an introductory astronomy course in remote delivery during Covid-19 lockdown encountered a unique issue in terms of a mixture of three student groups. They are the science majors, science-interested students, and non-science majors to satisfy science requirement in our Two-year community college located in New York City. The learning of how to assess uncertainty would be of a universal concern in the three groups. Uncertainty examples includes shoe size selection experience in daily life for non-science majors, distance measurement uncertainty for science-interested students who are parents, and simulation uncertainty for science majors. Reciting or memorizing a narrative in remote learning should be supplemented with a discussion using an alternative perspective with intellectual maturity, and the uncertainty theme would fit well for the learning of any chapters in an astronomy textbook. Assessment exercise questions are developed. The strategy to discourage rote learning and plagiarism in the remote asynchronous delivery of introductory astronomy at the college level is discussed.

scholarly journals Book review of: "Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Savoiu
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Daily Life

Book review of: Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Random House & Penguin, New York City, 2018, 304 pp. ISBN-13: 9780141982656 and ISBN-10: 0141982659

scholarly journals Cultural Self-Identification within the Millennial Market: A Qualitative Examination

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Lori M. Thanos, D.B.A. ◽  
Sylvia D. Clark, Ph.D.
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Cultural Pluralism ◽  
City Community ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Original Family ◽  
Cultural Self

The goal of this study was to examine the degree of cultural self-identification among a sample of U.S. Millennials attending a New York City community college. A case study technique using personal interviews was employed, based on input from twelve Millennials in attendance at a large, public community college in New York City. The object was to explore participants’ knowledge regarding their cultural affiliations’ effects on ethnic food purchases and consumption. Results showed Millennials’ cultural self-identification with cultures differing from their original family background, as well as their knowledge of cultural pluralism. Participants tended to select ethnic foods from one culture above all other cultures. Findings from the present study buttress cultural pluralism as a segmentation method and can assist in development of marketing stratagem, while also furnishing an invaluable contribution to current literature.

scholarly journals Reading Immigration with The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

2018 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 68-70
Author(s):  
Emily Schnee
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Composition Courses ◽  
Developmental English ◽  
Critical Inquiry ◽  
City Community

This Teaching Note describes using The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez to spark critical inquiry about immigration in developmental English and composition courses at a New York City community college.

Teaching austerity to working-class students: Toward a new ‘common sense’

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Wells
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
York City ◽  
College Level ◽  
Ruling Class ◽  
Labor Studies ◽  
Practical Politics ◽  
Working Class Students

To understand the contradictory power of austerity politics and, indeed, to teach about this contradictory power, the ideas of Antonio Gramsci provide an important guide. Austerity politics has a ‘there is no alternative’ durability derived from both the ruling class power behind it and the kernels of common sense that anchor it in everyday concerns of the majority. The challenge, therefore, is not simply a matter of practical politics and organizing. It is fundamentally a matter of political education, Gramsci-style: that slow and difficult work of creating, through carefully facilitated dialogue among the ‘subaltern’ classes, the kinds of alternative perspectives which reveal austerity for what it is and point to more equitable futures. This article explores a piece of this critical work. For theoretical context, it examines some key Gramscian terms – Hegemony, ‘common’, and ‘good sense’ – in order to surface their educational relevance. Then it explores the particular field of cultural experience, narrative, and meaning that shapes how the working-class students the author works with in a University-based labor studies program in New York City engage with college-level education and certain themes associated with austerity. Last, the article describes how, in a classroom-based analysis of the Fiscal Crisis in New York City in the mid-1970s, dialogue can create collective and critical understanding about austerity. The result is a small but important step toward a new common sense.

An Important Armenian MS. with Greek Miniatures

1942 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
H. Kurdian
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Christian Iconography

In 1941 while in New York City I was fortunate enough to purchase an Armenian MS. which I believe will be of interest to students of Eastern Christian iconography.

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

Cultural Competence Needed to Distinguish Disorder from Difference: Beyond Kumbaya

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine J. Crowley ◽  
Kristin Guest ◽  
Kenay Sudler
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
York City ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
New York State ◽  
Deep Understanding

What does it mean to have true cultural competence as an speech-language pathologist (SLP)? In some areas of practice it may be enough to develop a perspective that values the expectations and identity of our clients and see them as partners in the therapeutic process. But when clinicians are asked to distinguish a language difference from a language disorder, cultural sensitivity is not enough. Rather, in these cases, cultural competence requires knowledge and skills in gathering data about a student's cultural and linguistic background and analyzing the student's language samples from that perspective. This article describes one American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)-accredited graduate program in speech-language pathology and its approach to putting students on the path to becoming culturally competent SLPs, including challenges faced along the way. At Teachers College, Columbia University (TC) the program infuses knowledge of bilingualism and multiculturalism throughout the curriculum and offers bilingual students the opportunity to receive New York State certification as bilingual clinicians. Graduate students must demonstrate a deep understanding of the grammar of Standard American English and other varieties of English particularly those spoken in and around New York City. Two recent graduates of this graduate program contribute their perspectives on continuing to develop cultural competence while working with diverse students in New York City public schools.

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