Crossing Boundaries

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Crossing Boundaries

• A Kingsborough Community College/Brooklyn College
  Collaboration

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What is Crossing Boundaries?

• A collaboration between a 2-Year and a 4-Year
  College that
• improves the college science education of future
  K-12 teachers.
• streamlines student transfer between
  institutions.
• strengthens the computer skills of college
  faculty.

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Major Project Initiatives

• New Curriculum in Science Education
• Faculty Collaborate on Web Technology across
  Institutions
• Web-enhanced Advisement Facilitates Student
  Transfers
• 2-Yr-4Yr College Articulation Agreement
  Established
• Students use on-line Science Modules
• Mentors and Peer Tutors Utilized

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New Curriculum in Science Education

• Science Methods Course adds a field component
  with students as docents at local science
  facilities.
• Biology Course teaches topics adaptable across
  grade levels.
• Students study web-based modules and communicate
  results to instructors by email.

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Faculty Collaborate on Web Technology across
Institutions

• Four science and education faculty trained in web
  design per year.
• Websites and exercises available on-line.
• Web design and new course enhancements to
  continue after the granting period.

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Web-Enhanced Advisement Facilitates Student
Transfers

• Students see all relevant transfer information
  on-line, at any time.

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Articulation Agreement Established

• Students get full credit for education and
  science courses taken at the 2-year college as
  they transfer to the 4-year college.

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Students Use On-line Science Modules

• Education, Biology, and Chemistry modules are
  currently available.
• Mathematics modules are in preparation during
  this final year.
• Modules are developed in courses specifically
  taken by education majors at Kingsborough
  Community College the 2-year institution.

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Some Project Outcomes

• The elementary education major, traditionally
  weak in and/or frightened of science, becomes
  familiar with and comes to enjoy science
  qualities that can be passed on to their own
  students.
• Science majors come to consider science teaching
  as a potential plan B for their careers.

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After NSF Funding

• The project continues after NSF funding ends
• Articulations are in place.
• Curricula are revised with utilization by all
  education courses.
• New Web-enhancements of existing traditional
  courses continues.
• Web-enhancement updating and maintenance
  continues.

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Crossing Boundaries Students learn Marine
Science and prepare to be Docents at
The NY Aquarium.
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Crossing Boundaries Students learn Botany
and prepare to be docents at The
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
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Crossing Boundaries Students learn Ecology
and Prepare to be docents at the
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in
Brooklyn, New York.
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One of our Annual Power of Science Teaching
Conferences
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One of our Annual Science Majors Recruitment
Open Houses