Sreyashi Jhumki Basu
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Sreyashi Jhumki Basu | |
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| Born | 1977 |
| Died | 2008 |
| Alma mater | Stanford University; Teachers College, Columbia University |
| Known for | science education |
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| Institutions | New York University |
| Thesis | How urban youth express critical agency in a 9th grade conceptual physics classroom (2006) |
Sreyashi Jhumki Basu (1977–2008) was a professor of Science Education at New York University who is best known for her work to encourage urban minority students to succeed through the study of science.[1]
Background[edit]
Basu attended Stanford University, where she received a B.A. in Human Biology in 1998 and completed her doctorate in Science Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2006. For her PhD thesis titled How urban youth express critical agency in a 9th grade conceptual physics classroom, she received the Outstanding Dissertation Award[2] in Division K (Science Education) from the American Educational Research Association.
Later in 2006 she joined NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development as an associate professor.[3]
Basu won the 2008 research fellowship from the Knowles Foundation for her work on the interpretation of democratic science pedagogy by new science teachers.[4]
Basu served as co-founder, acting assistant principal and science department chair at the New York City Department of Education School for Democracy and Leadership in Brooklyn, New York (2003-6).[5]
Castilleja School in Palo Alto awarded its Distinguished Alumni award to Dr. Basu in its centennial year and dedicated a garden in her memory.[6]
Publications[edit]
Basu co-authored the textbook, Democratic Science Teaching, Building the Expertise to Empower Low-Income Minority Youth in Science.[7]
Other publications of Dr. Basu include:
- Basu, S.J. (2008). Powerful learners and critical agents: The goals of five urban Caribbean youth in a conceptual physics classroom. Science Education, 92(2), 252–277.
- Basu, S.J. (2008). How students design and enact physics lessons: Five immigrant Caribbean youth and the cultivation of student voice. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45(8).
- Basu, S.J. (2008). Empowering communities of research and practice by conducting research for change and including participant voice in reflection on research. Cultural Studies in Science Education.
- Milne, C., Kirch, S., Basu, S.J., Leou, M. & Fraser-Abder, P. (2008). Understanding Conceptual Change: Connecting and Questioning. Cultural Studies in Science Education. (online publication Feb 2008).
- Basu, S.J., Calabrese Barton, A., Locke, D. and Clairmont, N. (Online publication, June 2008). Developing a framework for critical physics agency through case study. Cultural Studies in Science Education.
References[edit]
- ^ Milne, Catherine; Laurie Rubel; Alberto J. Rodriguez; Christopher Emdin; Maria Rivera Maulucci; Donyagay Locke; Edna Tan; Neil Clairmont; Bhaskar Upadhyay (2009). "Celebrating Jhumki Basu's contributions to science education as a scholar and an activist: voices from the field". Cultural Studies of Science Education. 4 (2): 399–407. Bibcode:2009CSSE....4..399M. doi:10.1007/s11422-009-9182-9. ISSN 1871-1502. S2CID 143596356.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Farrell, Timothy J. (December 17, 2008). "Steinhardt Remembers Jhumki Basu, Associate Professor of Science Education". NYU Steinhardt. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "KSTF Research Fellows – Jhumki Basu". Knowles Science Teaching Foundation. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Find a School - New York City Department of Education".
- ^ "Garden dedication connects Casti with the community". Castilleja School. November 17, 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Democratic Science Teaching, Building the Expertise to Empower Low-Income Minority Youth in Science". SensePublishers. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
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