Education
Doctor Basu attended Stanford University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts.in Human Biology in 1998 and completed her doctorate in Science Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2006.
professor of Science Education
Doctor Basu attended Stanford University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts.in Human Biology in 1998 and completed her doctorate in Science Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2006.
Later in 2006 she joined New York University"s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development as an associate professor Doctor Basu was the 2008 research fellowship from the Knowles Foundation for her work on the interpretation of democratic science pedagogy by new science teachers. Castilleja School in Palo Alto awarded its Distinguished Alumni award to Doctor Basu in its centennial year and dedicated a garden in her memory.
Doctor Basu co-authored the textbook, "Democratic Science Teaching, Building the Expertise to Empower Low-Income Minority Youth in Science."
Other publications of Doctor Basu include:
Basu, Society of Jesus (Jesuit) (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, Society of Jesus (Jesuit) (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, Society of Jesus (Jesuit) (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, South., Basu, Society of Jesus (Jesuit), Leou, M. & Fraser-Abder, P. (2008).
Understanding Conceptual Change: Connecting and Questioning.
Cultural Studies in Science Education. (online publication February 2008). Basu, Society of Jesus (Jesuit), Calabrese Barton, A., Locke, Doctorate. and Clairmont, North. (Online publication, June 2008).
Developing a framework for critical physics agency through case study.
Cultural Studies in Science Education.