Kabba Colley

Education

• EdD, Educational Admin., Planning & Social Policy, Harvard University, 1996
• EdM, Education, Harvard University, 1992
• MPS, Agriculture, Cornell University, 1991
• BS, Agriculture, Purdue University, 1989

Courses Taught

• ED 644: Secondary Methods: Making Science Meaningful, Grades 7-12
• ED 690: Teacher as Researcher

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Colley, K. E. & Colley. B. M. (book in press). Resilience and Success: The Professional Journeys of African American Women Scientists.  To be published by Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York, NY.
• Colley, K. E. (2012). Preparing Globally Competent Pan-African Teachers: A progressive education model.  A paper presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 22-17, 2012.
• Colley, K. E. (2011). Science Teacher Characteristics and High School Science Performance in the Green Mountain State.  A paper presented at the Northeast Association for Science Teacher Educators annual conference held in Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY, October 26-28, 2011.
• Colley, K. E. (2011). Exemplary Science Programs Symposium: Meeting the Reform Features Recommended in the National Science Education Standards.  National Science Teachers Association Area Conference, Hartford, CT, October 28, 2011.
• Colley, K. E. (2011). Teacher Education in Anglophone West Africa: Does policy match practice? A paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 1-5, 2011.
• Colley, K. E. (2010). Equity Issues in Science: What can we learn from African American women scientists?  A paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) annual international conference held in Philadelphia, PA on March 21-24, 2010.
• Colley, K. E. & Pitts, Jr., W. B. (2010). Project-Based After-School Science in New York City.  In Yager, R. (Ed.), Exemplary for Resolving Societal Challenges (pp. 19-31).  Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.
• Colley, K. E. (2008). Education for Democracy or for Liberation: A Comparison of U.S. and African Progressive Education Traditions.  A paper presented at the 52nd Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society held at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, March 17-21, 2008.
• Colley, K. E. (2008). Project-Based Science Instruction: A Primer.  The Science Teacher, 75(8), 23-28.
• Colley, K. E. (2008). Assessment by Performance.  The Science Teacher, 75(8), 68-72.
• Colley, K. E. (2007). Preparing In-Service Secondary Science Teachers in Research: Does time of offering add value? A paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) annual international conference held in New Orleans, LA on April 15-18, 2007.
• Colley, K. E. (2006). Understanding Ecology Content Knowledge and Acquiring Science Process Skills Through Project-Based Science Instruction.  Science Activities, 43(1), 26-33.
• Colley, K. E. (2005). Project-Based Science Instruction: Teaching Science for Understanding.  Radical Pedagogy, 7(2), 1-7.
• Colley, K. E. (2003). Recruitment and Retention of Secondary Science Teachers in New York State.  In Rhoton, J. and Bowers, P. (Eds.), Issues in Science Education: Science Teacher Retention and Renewal (pp. 171-181).  Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press.
• Colley, K. E. (2003). Higher Education in Gambia.  In Altbach, P. G. and Teferra, D. (Eds.), African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook (pp. 330-337).  Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
• Colley, K. E. (2001). Global Lab: An Integrated Science Program, Unit I-V: Teacher’s Guide.  In Berenfeld, B and Tinker, R. (Eds.), Unit II, Investigating Our Earth: Land.  Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
• Colley, K. E. (2001). Aligning Science Teaching and Assessment Methods: A Framework for Science Educators.  Journal of the Art of Teaching, VIII (1), 92-111.