Eleanor Miele, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Program Head, Science & Environmental Education
Founding Director, Teacher Academy at Brooklyn College

Room 2606 James
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
718-951- 5061
emiele@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Eleanor Miele joined the faculty at Brooklyn College in1998.  She received her B.S. in genetics from Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Science and her Ph.D. in molecular biology from Columbia University.  Dr. Miele taught for sixteen years in the Columbia University Science Honors Program for high school students and is committed to improving science teaching in grades K-12.

She is the program head of the masters program in Childhood Science and Environmental Education.  She also serves as the Interdepartmental Coordinator for the Masters Program in Middle Childhood General Science and the undergraduate concentration in General Science.  She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in childhood science education and general science.  Professor Miele is the director of the CUNY Teacher Academy at Brooklyn College.

Her interests include partnerships with informal science institutions in teacher preparation and learning outside the classroom.  Partners include the American Museum of Natural History and the Bronx Zoo.   Professor Miele is also the Co-director of the CUNY partnership with the National Parks of New York Harbor Education Center at Fort Wadsworth.

She has received numerous external awards to support improved preparation of science teachers at all levels.  TRUST: Teacher Renewal for Urban Science Teachers with the American Museum of Natural History  and  Lehman College was a five year program to infuse informal instruction in the preparation of Earth Science Teachers. Current NSF-funded projects Brooklyn Outreach for Science Careers and Science and the City, a geoscience education grant from the NSF to improve preparation of Earth Science teachers in collaboration with the Geology Department.  The college named Professor Miele a Leonard and Claire Tow Professor of Education for 2006-2008.

Professor Miele can be reached most effectively via email.

Chalkboard Articles:
Learning Outside the Box: The National Parks of New York Harbor Education Center Collaboration; TRUST Update

Links to:
M.S. in Childhood Science & Environmental Education

M.A. Program in Middle Childhood General Science Education

Masters Program Research on Monk Parakeets

Science Education Webpage

A-Z Science Education Field Trips in and Around New York City

Web-based home-school communication

Beyond the Einstein Stereotype

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