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G. Michael Barnett

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G. Michael Barnett

Ph.D.

Contact

Campion Hall Room 123

Telephone: 617-552-0658

Email: george.barnett@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Instructional Systems Technology with emphasis in Science Education, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • M.S., Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington

Courses

Teaching about the Natural World

Research Interests

Urban science education, educational technology, trust-building in university-school partnerships

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Expertise

  • STEM Teaching and Learning
  • Urban Education
Curriculum Vitae

Department

TCS Teaching, Curriculum, and Society

Publications

  • Barnett, M., Patchen, A., Esters, L., & Knobloch, N. (in press). 听STEM Learning and teaching through urban agriculture: What the research says. To be published by Springer in 2016. (DUE: 听1312073)
  • Patchen, A. Barnett, M. Esters, L., & Knobloch, N. (in press). Designing urban agriculture programs to improve STEM learning and teaching. To be published by Springer in 2016. (DUE: 听1312073)
  • Barnett, M., Blustein, M., Connors, A., & Parker, C (editors). 听Special Issue on STEM Career Development, Journal of Science Education and Technology, to be published Spring 2016. (DUE: 听1312073)
  • Zhang, L. & Barnett, M. (accepted). How high school students envision their STEM career pathways. Culture Studies of Science Education.
  • Barnett, M., Houle, M., Hirsch, L., Minner, D., Strauss, E., Mark, S., & Hoffman, E. (2013). Participatory professional development: Geospatially enhanced urban ecological field studies (p. 13-33). To appear in MaKinster, J., Trautmann, N., & Barnett, M. (Eds). Teaching Science and Investigating Environmental Issues with Geospatial Technology: Designing Effective Professional Development for Teachers. Springer.
  • Debay, D., Haley, J., & Mark, S., Barnett, M., Anderson, A., Strauss, E., Cotter-Hayes, L., Blustein, D., & Wong, C. (2012). Engaging youth in visualizing sustainable urban plans for their neighborhoods using geographic information systems coupled with computer visualization (p. 477-496). Wals, A., & Corcoran, P. (eds). Learning for Sustainability in Times of Accelerating Change. Springer, NY.
  • Barnett, M., MaKinster, J., Trautmann, N., Houle. M., & Mark, S. (2012). Geospatial technologies: The present and future roles of emerging technologies in environmental education (p. 327-344). Stevenson, R., Brody, M. Dillon, J., and Walls, A. (eds). International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education. American Educational Research Association, Washington D.C.
  • Mark, S., DeBay, D., Zhang, L., Haley, J., Patchen, A., Wong, C., & Barnett, M. (2013). Coupling social justice and Out-of-School time learning to provide opportunities to motivate engage and interest under-represented populations in STEM fields. Journal of Career Planning and Adult Development, 29(2), 93-105.
  • Blustein, D., Barnett, M., Mark, S., Depot, M., Lovering, M., Lee, Y., Hu, Q., Kim, J. Backus, F., Dillon-Lieberman, K., & Debay, D. (2012). A longitudinal examination of high school students鈥� exploration of STEM careers. Journal of Career Development, 39(4), 341-356.
  • Anderson, J., & Barnett, M. (2011). Using video games to support pre-service elementary teachers learning of basic physics principles. 听Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20(4), 347-362.
  • Barnett, M., Houle, M., Strauss, E., & Hoffman, E. (2011). Urban Environmental Education: Leveraging Technology and Ecology to Engage Students in Studying the Environment. International Journal of Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 20(3), 199-214.
  • Barnett, M., Higginbotham, T., Houle, M., Anderson, J., & Gatling, A. (2010). The process of trust building between university researchers and urban school personnel. Urban Education, 45(5), 630 鈥� 660.

Honors

2012 CASE/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Massachusetts Professor of the Year.

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Book Chapters

  • Debay, D., Haley, J., & Mark, S., Barnett, M., Anderson, A., Strauss, E., Cotter-Hayes, L., Blustein, D., & Wong, C. (2012). Engaging youth in visualizing sustainable urban plans for their neighborhoods using geographic information systems coupled with computer visualization (p. 477-496). Wals, A., & Corcoran, P. (eds). Learning for Sustainability in Times of Accelerating Change. Springer, NY.
  • Barnett, M., MaKinster, J., Trautmann, N., Houle. M., & Mark, S. (2012). Geospatial technologies: The present and future roles of emerging technologies in environmental education (p. 327-344). Stevenson, R., Brody, M. Dillon, J., and Walls, A. (eds). International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education. American Educational Research Association, Washington D.C.

Curriculum Materials and Textbooks

Connolly, K. Jarvin, L, Barnett, M., Rogers, C., Wendell, K. Wright, C., & Marulcu, I (2001) Science through LEGO engineering design: A series of modules.

  • McNeill, K., Strauss, E., Barnett, M., & Reece, F. (2011). Urban Ecolab.
  • Link to all modules which is one year of instructional materials:

External Funded Grants

TOTAL IN EXTERNAL FUNDS: $10,755,105

Co-Principal Investigator: iCREAT: A pathway to middle-skill positions through the Introduction to Coding, Robotics, Electronics, And Technology, National Science Foundation, $894,999. 听Sept. 1 2015 鈥� August 30, 2018.

Principal Investigator: Seeding the Future: Integrating Financial Literacy, Environmental Education, and Scientific Research through Hydroponic Food Production, National Institutes for Food and Agriculture, $221,923. Aug. 15, 2015 鈥� Aug. 14th, 2018.

Principal Investigator: A Strategies Project 鈥� Seeding the Future: Creating a Green Collar Workforce through Learning about Indoor Urban Farming Technologies and Alternative Energy Sources, National Science Foundation, $1,196,580.00. Co-Principal Investigators鈥� David Blustein, Elizabeth Bagnani, Catherine Wong, Eric Strauss. Expected award date: July 1, 2013.

Principal Investigator: Connecting undergraduate research with the public through innovative technologies, $199,714. National Science Foundation, Fall 2012 鈥� Fall 2014.

Principal Investigator: Seeding the Future: Growing STEM learning and interest through hydroponic food production, $246,524. National Science Foundation, Fall 2012 鈥� Fall 2014.

Principal Investigator: IT and College Pathways through application of Technology to explore Urban Ecological Challenges, $1,499,812.00. National Science Foundation. Fall 2008 鈥� Fall 2014. Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Eric Strauss, Dr. David Blustein, Dr. Laura O鈥橠wyer, Ms. Catherine Wong.

Co-Principal Investigator: iCREAT: A pathway to middle-skill positions through the Introduction to Coding, Robotics, Electronics, And Technology, National Science Foundation, $894,999. 听Sept. 1 2015 鈥� August 30, 2018.

Co-Principal Investigator: Urban Ecology Course Materials Created with a Universal Design for Learning Framework, $2,093,000, National Science Foundation, Fall 2006 鈥� Fall 2012. This project focuses on the development and implementation of a year-long interdisciplinary curriculum on urban ecology. PI: Dr. Eric Strauss, 艾可直播 College. Other Co-principal Investigators: Dr. Kate McNeill (艾可直播 College), Mr. Charles Lord (Urban Ecology Institute), and Dr. Tracey Hall (Center for Applied Special Technologies)

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