Connections

The Center for Engineering Education and Outreach is dedicated to improving engineering education in the classroom, from kindergarten to college. Their research program studies how kids and adults learn engineering. Many of the faculty and students in the Department of Education are connected either as faculty or steering committee members, or researchers at the center.

The Tufts University Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction reflects our recognition of the need to study the fundamentals of education. It will work across departments and schools to introduce and sustain research and scholarship on learning and instruction as part of, and to support, the pedagogical transformation happening at Tufts. IRLI is made possible with the generous gifts from the James S. McDonnell Family Foundation. Faculty in the STEM Education program in the Department of Education make up the founding members of this institute. For questions, contact the director, David Hammer. 

The M.A. in Diversity and Inclusion Leadership is an interdisciplinary master's program where students learn scholarly theories and practical tools to implement institutional changes that promote diversity and foster inclusivity. Department of Education faculty members serve as affiliate program faculty and are members of the program's steering committee. 

The Department's Museum Education program is one pathway into Museum Studies at Tufts. This interdisciplinary program can be pursued through graduate programs in the departments of Education, History, and the History of Art and Architecture. The director of the program, Cynthia Robinson, is a full time senior lecturer in the Department of Education.

The connections to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston provides many of our programs the opportunity to bridge experiences in the classroom and museum settings. For example, students in our Art Education program take studio courses at SMFA at Tufts and conduct field work at the MFA.