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Eisenkraft, Arthur.
Oral history interview with Arthur Eisenkraft, 2021 June 15.
Interview with Arthur Eisenkraft, Professor of Physics, Distinguished Professor of Science Education, and Director of the Center of Science and Math in Context (COSMIC) at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. He explains the origins of COSMIC and its role in his transition from high school to university teaching, and he discusses his current focus on the Wipro Science Education Fellowship Program. Eisenkraft surveys current trends in science pedagogy, and he reflects on the value of UMass Bostons diverse student population for his research. He recounts his upbringing in Queens, his strong public school education, and his decision to go to Stony Brook for college where he started to think about education in scientific terms. Eisenkraft discusses his experience with the Peace Corps in Nepal before returning to Stony Brook for graduate school to work under Cliff Swartz on Fourier optics. He discusses his PhD research at NYU in science education and he explains his decision to pursue high school teaching. Eisenkraft surveys his advisory work for the National Research Council and how the NAEP Frameworks Project started. He explains his strategic partnership with Toshiba, and he describes the feedback mechanisms that inform his research. At the end of the interview, Eisenkraft frames teaching as a means to learning, and he conveys his interest in watching how higher education plans to combat systemic racism in the future.
Arthur Eisenkraft is a Professor of Physics, Distinguished Professor of Science Education, and Director of the Center of Science and Math in Context (COSMIC) at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Eisenkraft pursued graduate studies and research at Stony Brook University and New York University, and he has also served in an advisory capacity to the National Research Council.
Dresden, Max, 1918-
Eisenkraft, Arthur.
Paldy, Lester
Strassenburg, Arnold A.
Swartz, Clifford E.
Watson, Fletcher G. (Fletcher Guard)
National Research Council (U.S.)
National Science Teachers Association.
New York University
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Stony Brook University
University of Massachusetts at Boston
International Physics Olympiad.
Diversity in higher education
Next Generation Science Standards (Education)
Optics
Physics -- Study and teaching (Secondary).
Science -- Study and teaching
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Zierler, David, 1979- interviewer.
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American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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