Teachers College
Columbia University

Education in and out of the classroom and across the lifespan.

Student Orientation

An Observer in the Classroom

As an anthropology major at Harvard, Michelle Armstrong came to appreciate the value of the one-onone interview conducted out in the field. Now a Ph.D. candidate in TC's Sociology and Education program, Armstrong's field is the landscape of the American classroom, and the questions she's asking are about the problems of teachers and students. 

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