EECE Professor "Home Page"/ Queens College

Tho' much is taken, much abides;

and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,

One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will,

to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Present Position: Professor of Science and Technology Education

Professor Brovey has served as chairmen of the EECE (Education) department and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in science and technology education. He also taught undergraduate courses in the Geology department and served as Executive Director of Sky's Edge Environmnetal Center, a joint project of the National Park Service and City University of New York. Prior to coming to Queens, he taught science and mathematics at the middle and high school levels in schools in Pennsylvania and New York. Dr. Brovey obtained a Master of Natural Science Degree (MNS) from the University of Oklahoma, followed by a Doctorate in the Teaching of Earth Science from Teachers College, Columbia University. He completed a post-doctorate in science curriculum research at NYU

Science Activities

Dr. Brovey has co-authored three textbooks with the late Paul Brandwein including Matter, An Earth Science; Life, A Biological Science; and Energy, A Physical Science. (HBJ, 1980). He has also published articles in The Journal of Geologic Education, The Science Teacher, Science and Children, The Journal of College Science Teaching, Science Activities, and The Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. He has published more than 14 reviews of science software for NSTA. He is a regular presenter at the regional and national science meetings of NSTA that included a 3-day presentation as a Sunoco Science Seminar Scholar.

Dr. Brovey presently serves on the manuscript review panel for the Journal of College Science Teaching, serves as an appointed member to the NSTA College Science Teaching Committee, and is a Board member of the Pocono Environmental Education Center and the John Burroughs Society.

Professor Brovey has also served as project director of a 3-year Diamond Foundation grant to re-design the science preparation of secondary school teachers (91-94) and FIPSE and NSF grants to re-design the science preparation of Elementary and Middle School teachers.

Dr. Brovey has developed expertise in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and in MBLI: Microcomputer-Based Laboratory Insrumentation, and is a recent Sloan Scholar on Distance Learning (BlackBoard) as well as an expert in using real-time data in the classsroom. He regularly teaches hybrid on-line courses in natural science, social science and technology

Technology Activities

Since 1980, Professor Brovey has directed the Office of Technology, a facility that includes technology labs supporting the use of modern learning technology across the various departments in the Division of Education.

Since 1982, he has organized and directed six major technology-related grants including:

New York State's Technology Center on behalf of NYC Public School System (1982-1985).

The Cooperative Staff Development Project of the UFT (United Federation of Teachers of NYC (1982-1988).

IBM's Model Secondary Education Project exploring the use of PC's across the high-school curriculum (1983-1984).

IBM-NYS Initiative Grant exploring the use of networks in elementary school classrooms (1991-1993).

Microsoft Corporation's Teacher Education Partnership Grant exploring, along with 87 other U.S. Colleges, the use of new software products in the K-12 Classrooms (1994-present).

The Leonard and Elaine Kaplan Endowment that supports the development of a modern teacher-training technology laboratory (1995-present).

Dr. Brovey has also won grant support for developing an interactive geology videodisk program, for developing science inquiry lessons for the WWW, and conducting College Faculty and Staff training workshops on the use of modern learning technology.

Current Scholarly Interests

Systemic science and technology education research, namely, collecting and analyzing data in a teaching-learning environment that helps solidify the theory upon which we can build practical, contextual and humane models for preparing excellent teachers.