Faculty

Francine Belle Shuchat Shaw

Associate Professor of Educational Communication and Technology

Francine Belle Shuchat Shaw

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Associate Professor Francine Shuchat Shaw has been a member of the faculty of the Program in Educational Communication and Technology (ECT) since 1976. She served as Program Director from 1986 until 1998, and she now serves as Coordinator of the ECT Master of Arts and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Education programs. Prior to joining the NYU faculty, she was a member of the faculty of the Department of Filmmaking and Television at Rochester Institute of Technology, from 1973 until 1976. Associate Professor Francine Shuchat Shaw's research interests include the instructional design of media environments, learning theory, and, most particularly, the design and development of educational television programs based on progressive, cognitive, and constructivist views of learning and instruction. Her interests also include the history of instructional technology, its theoretical underpinnings, and its relationship to broader educational and social movements.


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Research Interests

  • Theories of Learning and Instruction
  • Educational/Instructional Design
  • Design of Educational Video and Multimedia Environments
  • Learning With Television
  • History and Practice of Progressive and Constructivist Education

Degrees Held

  • A.A. Stephens College in Liberal Arts
  • B.S.Ed. The Ohio State University in English and Science Education
  • M.A. The Ohio State University in English and English Education
  • Ph.D. The Ohio State University in Humanities Education

Awards

  • 2006 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as Educational Video Designer, “A Novel Online Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Among Men Who Meet Men Online,’ as Educational Video Consultant, for the Principal Investigator Sabina Hirshfield, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Research & Evaluation, at the Medical and Health Research Association of New York.
  • 2006 : New York Community Trust and the Medical and Health Research Association of New York grant, as Co-Principal Investigator, HIV Is Still a Big Deal, to design, produce and evaluate “The Test,” the second in a series of 10-minute dramatic video interventions, for WWW delivery.
  • 2004 : New York Community Trust, H. van Ameringen Foundation, and the Medical and Health Research Association of New York grant, as Co-Principal Investigator, HIV Is Still a Big Deal, to design, produce and evaluate “The Morning After,” the first in a series of 10-minute dramatic video interventions, for WWW delivery.
  • 2003 : US Department of Education, Preparing Tomorrows Teachers with Technology (PT3) three-year grant, as subcontractor with consortium led by Bank Street College of Education, ConTExT: Contextualizing Teacher Candidates’ Experience with Technology.
  • 1999 : New York University School of Education Research Challenge Fund grant, as Principal Investigator, A Study of Faculty and Student Experiences with Computer Network-Assisted Learning and Instruction (NALI) in Classroom-Based Education: Implications for Effective Pedagogical Applications and Institutional Support.
  • 1997 : New York University School of Education Dean's Research Grant, as Faculty Sponsor, The Educational Uses of Computers by Graduate Students.
  • 1994 : New York University Curriculum Development Challenge Fund grant, as Co-Principal Investigator, NYU-TV Curriculum Project, to develop television programs and faculty outreach for NYU-TV.
  • 1993 : New York University Research Challenge Fund grant, as Principal Investigator, The VideoMATH Project: Video Homework Adventures in Middle School Mathematics, to support a presentation to the 1993 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta.
  • 1990 : US Department of Education, Technology Education Program grant, as Principal Investigator, Video Homework Adventures in Middle School Mathematics: Enhancing Attitudes Toward Mathematics and Related Cognitive Skills Through Student-Parent Problem-Solving Projects, to develop video series with student adventure guides and teacher companions.
  • 1987 : National Endowment for the Arts and Department of Education grant, as Faculty Member (Project Director, Jerrold Ross), National Art Education Research Center , to establish the center and conduct its proposed activities.
  • 1984 : New York University Curriculum Development Challenge Fund grant, as Co-Principal Investigator-Instructional Designer, NYU-LIVE: Lawyering Skills Interactive Videodisc Experiment, to develop a computer-based interactive video environment for law students.

Presentations

  • 2007 MA Chiasson, & F. Shuchat Shaw, “The HIV Is Still A Big Deal Project: The Design and Evaluation of “The Morning After,” a Prevention Vignette for the Web.” Annual Strategic Planning Retreat of the Prevention Planning Group, New York City Depa
  • 2007 The HIV Is Still A Big Deal Project Online: The Effective Design and Evaluation of a Dramatic Video Vignette that Promotes Critical Thinking and Change in HIV Disclosure and Testing Attitudes and Practices Among Men Having Sex With Men (MSM).” Amer
  • 2007 “Progressive education principles enabled by new communication technologies.” The City & Country School, Professional Development in Educational Technology, New York City (February 20, 2007).
  • 2006 F. Shuchat Shaw, & MA Chiasson. “The Morning After.” New York City AIDS Film Festival, New York City (December, 2006).
  • "The VideoMATH Project." Association for Educational Communication and Technology, Annual Meeting, Washington, D C.
  • 2006 “Narrative video genres that educate: A case study.” International Conference on the Arts in Society, Montego Bay, Jamaica (June, 2006).
  • 2006 MA Chiasson, & F. Shuchat Shaw, “The HIV Is Still A Big Deal Project: The Design and Evaluation of “The Morning After,” a Prevention Vignette for the Web.” International AIDS Conference, Toronto (August, 2006).
  • 2006 MA Chiasson, & F. Shuchat Shaw, M. Humberstone, & S. Hirshfield. “Successful online delivery of “The Morning After,” a multimedia behavioral intervention for men who have sex with men (MSM).” American Public Health Association, 134th Annual M
  • 2003“The place of technology in contemporary Progressive and constructivist education.” Educational Records Bureau Annual Conference 2003, New York City (October, 2003).
  • 2003 “Instructional design of educational television programs: Grounding design in cognitivist and constructivist theories of learning and models of instruction.” 10th International Conference on Learning, University of London, Institute of Education,
  • 2000 “Judging sample bias from comparisons of early/late returners. A useful approach?” (with Joseph B. Giacquinta). American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
  • 1993 “The VideoMATH Project: An experiment in the design and use of video-based homework in middle school mathematics.” American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting, Atlanta.
  • 1992 “The VideoMATH Project.” Association for Educational Communication and Technology, Annual Meeting, Washington, D C.

Publications

  • (2000, Spring), with Giacquinta, J.B. A survey of graduate students as end-users of computer technology: New roles for faculty. Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal, 18(1), 21-40.
  • (1996). Audio visual instructional materials. In Collier's encyclopedia, 1995 Edition. New York: P. F. Collier, Inc.
  • (1990). Blocks and film and other media: The aesthetics of inquiry and understanding from the inside out. In G. Willis and Wm. Schubert (Eds.), Reflections from the heart of educational inquiry: Understanding curriculum and teaching through the arts. Bing
  • (in press), with Giacquinta, J.B. Judging non-returner induced sample bias from the study of early and later returners: A useful approach? Public Opinion Quarterly.
  • (1988). Film studies in the pre-college curriculum. In International encyclopedia of education: Research and studies supplement, Volume I. London: Pergamon Press.
  • (1985). The limitations of motion picture adaptations to contribute to reading development in pre-schoolers. The Advocate, 5(1), 36-48.
  • (1984). There for the looking. Qualitative evaluation in the arts, Volume I, 60-80.
  • (1984). The effects of television on children's reading: Trends in research and practice. The Advocate, 3(2), 98-116.
  • (1980). The meanings of congruence. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(1), 187-202.
  • (1979). Congruence: The relation of curriculum to instruction. Impact, 14(3), 15-18.
  • (1978). In search of congruence. In G. Willis (Ed.), Qualitative evaluation: Concepts and cases in curriculum criticism (pp. 227-249). Berkeley: McCutchan.
  • (1978). Essay review of Ideology & Imagination, by Fred Inglis. Curriculum Inquiry, 8(1), 83-87.
  • (1977). Essay review of Cinematics, by Paul Weiss. Mass Media and Adult Education, 44, 15-20.
  • (1976). Congruence: A methodology for aesthetic curricular criticism and post-critical theorizing; Reconceptualizing knowledge and methods, as curricular foundations, in secondary cinematic arts education (Doctoral Dissertation). Ann Arbor: University Mic
  • (1975). Congruence. In Wm. Pinar (Ed.), Curriculum theorizing: The reconceptualists (pp. 445-452). Berkeley: McCutchan.
  • (1975). Organic dimensions. The Humanities Journal, VIII(3), 6-10.
  • (1975, November). Imaging bookshelf: Cinema and education. Photomethods, 68-780.
  • (1974). Theory is experience. The Humanities Journal, VII(3), 6-10.
  • (1974). The listeners. In Wm. Pinar (Ed.), Heightened consciousness, cultural revolution, and curriculum theory. Berkeley: McCutchan.
  • (2003, text in preparation). The instructional design of educational television programs: A cognitivist-constructivist perspective.

Educational Media Design and Producing

  • 2007 Educational Design Consultant, Talking About HIV, an educational video mini-documentary for the project, “A Novel Online Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Among Men Who Meet Men Online.” Principal Investigator Sabina Hirshfield, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Research & Evaluation, at the Medical and Health Research Association of New York, and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • 2006 Executive Producer, Educational Design Researcher, Co-Writer, The Test, an educational video drama for the HIV Is Still a Big Deal Project, for online distribution. Funded by the New York Community Trust and the Medical and Health Research Association of New York.
  • 2005 Executive Producer, Educational Design Researcher, Co-Writer, The Morning After, an educational video drama for the HIV Is Still a Big Deal project, for online distribution. Funded by the New York Community Trust, H. van Ameringen Foundation, and the Medical and Health Research Association of New York.
  • 1993 Executive Producer, All My Money and Mystery of the Missing Rock Video, for The VideoMATH Project, an instructional video series with printed adventure guides and teacher companions for middle school mathematics. Funded by the US Department of Education.
  • 1989 Writer/Director, Reach for the Stars, video program about NYU’s Para-Educator Center for Young Adults. Funded by a New York University Curriculum Challenge Grant.
  • 1986 - 87 Instructional Designer, NYU-LIVE: Lawyering Skills Interactive Videodisc Experiment, New York University (computer-based interactive video environment for law students). Funded by a New York University Curriculum Challenge Grant.

Courses

  • E19.2153-4 Educational Television: Design and Production
  • E19.2156 Advanced Television Workshop
  • E19.2158 Educational Design of Media Environments
  • E19.2319 History of Educational Technology
  • E19.2051 Educational Applications of Television Programs and Production
  • E19.2095 Research in Educational Communication and Technology

Professional Affiliations

  • Journal of Research on Technology in Education, Associate Editor
  • American Educational Research Association; Division B, Curriculum; Division C, Learning and Instruction; SIG, Curriculum History, SIG Instructional Technology
  • Association for Educational Communication and Technology; SIG, Media Design and Production; SIG, Research and Development
  • Member, Pi Lambda Theta, 1971 -