Alice Miel (1906-1998)

Summary

Education researcher Alice Miel (1906-1998) attended Columbia University (Ph.D., 1944) and became a professor of education and chair of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, at Columbias Teachers College. This photograph was distributed in conjunction with publication of her book Creativity in Teaching (1961). Her 1967 book The Shortchanged Children of Suburbia: What Schools Dont Teach about Human Differences and What Can Be Done About It has been described as a groundbreaking study of how schools were failing to teach about cultural diversity.

Subject

• Miel, Alice 1906-
• Columbia University Teachers College

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-6077

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1961
• C. 1961

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

• Cultural pluralism
• Education

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-6077]