Konstantinos Alexakos

Education:

Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University - 2005 (Science Education)

M.Phil., Columbia University - 2004 (Science Education)

M.A., New York University - 2000 (Education in Physics and General Science)

B.S., The City College of New York - CUNY - 1989 (Physics)

Areas of Expertise:

Relationships between emotions and teaching and learning including co-teaching, radical listening, cogenerative dialogues, emotional climate, breathing, and mindful practices.

Interdisciplinary aspects of fictive kinship, emotional bonds, identity, perseverance, and success of minority high school students in science, with emphasis on gender, race, and sociocultural issues

Teachers as researchers, doing systematic and intentional inquiry oriented research on their own practice

Books and Publications

Alexakos, K., & Pierwola, A. (2013). Learning at the ?boundaries?: radical listening, creationism, and learning from the ?other?. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 8(1), 39-49. doi: 10.1007/s11422-012-9470-7 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013

Alexakos, K., J.K. Jones and V.H. Rodriguez. "Fictive Kinship as It Mediates Resiliency, Perseverance, and Success of Inner-city High School Students of Color in a College Physics Class." Cultural Studies of Science Education. In press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2011

"Religion, Nature, Science Education and the Epistemology of Dialectics." Cultural Studies of Science Education 5.1: 237-42. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010

"Teaching the Practice of Science: Unteaching the 'Scientific Method." Science Scope 33.9: 74-79. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010

Alexakos, K., J.K. Jones and V.H. Rodriguez. "Fictive Kinship as It Mediates Resiliency, Perseverance and Success of Inner-city High School Students of Color in a College Physics Class." Cultural Studies of Science Education. Accepted; resubmit with corrections. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2010

"Science and Creationism: A Response to Kenneth Tobin." Cultural Studies of Science Education 4.2: 495-504. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009

"Dialectics and the Organic Link as a Tool of Analysis." Cultural Studies of Science Education 2 4: 918-21. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

"The Science Teacher as the Organic Link." Cultural Studies of Science Education 2.4: 883-905. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Alexakos, K. and W. Antoine. "The Islamic Golden Age and Science Teaching." The Science Teacher 72.3: 36-39. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Alexakos, K. and W. Antoine. "The Gender Gap in Science Education. The Science Teacher 70.3: 30-33. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003

"Inclusive Classrooms: A Multicultural Look at the National Science Education Standards." The Science Teacher 68.3: 40-43. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2001

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

Brooklyn College Student Technology Fee Award, for "Science Lab Probes." $12,000. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007

PSC-CUNY Research Award (PSCREG-38-335), for "Self and Science Teacher Attrition." $6,000; 2007-08. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007

PSC-CUNY Research Award (PSCOOC-37-30), for "The Science Teacher, Subjective Constructs of Science Teaching, and the 'Organic Link.'" $5,990; 2006-07. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Alexakos, K. (2013, March). Being a Science Educator | Researcher. Invited presentation at the Urban Science Education Research Seminar, The Graduate Center?CUNY, New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013

Alexakos, K., Tabrizi, A, Gunaydin, D., Pierwola, A. (May 2013). Emotions and Mindfulness as They Mediate Radical Listening, Coteaching and Sense of Community in a Classroom of Science Educators. Poster presented at Faculty Day, Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2013

Alexakos, K., and Tobin, K. (2012, May). Coteaching in a graduate class at Brooklyn College. Invited presentation at the Urban Science Education Research Seminar, The Graduate Center?CUNY, New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

Alexakos, K., Llena, R, and Powietrzynska M. (2012, February). Interventions to improve teaching and learning. Invited presentation at the Urban Science Education Research Seminar, The Graduate Center?CUNY, New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

Rodriguez, V. H., Alexakos, K., and Tobin, K. (2012, May). Physiological expression of emotions: methods, practices, and frameworks. Invited presentation at the Urban Science Education Research Seminar, The Graduate Center?CUNY, New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

"Fictive Kinship Among Students as It Influences the Creation of 'Safe Spaces' in a Physics Classroom." Theoretical and Empirical Analyses of Social Capital and Networking in Science Education: From Global to Local Symposium, annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Orlando, Fla., April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011

Alexakos, K. and S. Bholai. "Mutual Focus and Physics Learning Mediated by Shared Positive Emotional Interactions." Urban Science Education Research Seminar. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011

Alexakos, K., and Tobin, K. (2011, October). Multilevel research on emotions and the teaching and learning of science, mathematics, and the learning sciences education. Invited presentation at the Urban Science Education Research Seminar, The Graduate Center?CUNY, New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011

"Science Teacher Education and the Development of a New MAT Program at Brooklyn College." Urban Science Education Research Seminar. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010

Alexakos, K., Victor H. Rodriguez and J.K. Jones. "Laughter, Perseverance, and Kinship among Minority Students in a Physics Classroom." Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Philadelphia, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Alexakos, K. and J.K. Jones. "Fictive Kinship as It Affects Resiliency and Perseverance of Inner-City High School Students in a College Physics Lab." Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Garden Grove, Calif., April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

Alexakos, K., J.K. Jones and Victor H. Rodriguez. "Close Emotional Bonds, Coping, Perseverance, and Role Models." Urban Science Education Research Seminar. CUNY Graduate Center, New York, December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

Alexakos, K. and J.K. Jones. "Dynamics of Successful Student Kinship Groups in a College Physics Class of Inner City High School Students." Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Baltimore. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

"Science Teacher Adaptation and Marginalization." Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. New Orleans. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

"Science Teacher Identity Construction and Marginalization." National Convention of the National Science Teachers Association. Anaheim, Calif. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

"Science Teacher Identity Construction and Marginalization." National Convention of the National Science Teachers Association. Anaheim, Calif. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

"Teacher Education and the Subjective Aspects of Science Teachers." New Educator Conference: Building and Sustaining Learning Communities in Challenging Times. City College of New York, (CUNY), New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

"The Science Teacher as the Organic Link in Science Learning," Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. San Francisco. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

"The Science Teacher as the Organic Link in Science Education." National Science Teachers Association Regional Convention. Hartford, Conn. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005

Other Professional Activities

Prepared NCATE review reports for the undergraduate and graduate adolescence science education programs at Brooklyn College. 2007-present. 2010

Developed new master of arts in teaching (MAT) in science education that infuses research and practice in science teaching in an urban setting. First cohort, September. 2009

Studied at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador, as part of an initiative for science educators from Boston University. January. 2009

Judge, Annual Science Research Day, Brooklyn College. 2006

Participant, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science GK12 Teaching Fellows Project, March 2002-February 2003. 2003

Participant, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science GK12 Teaching Fellows Project. March 2002-February 2003. 2002

Participant, Physics by Inquiry - 2002 Summer Institute in Physics. Center for Physics Education, University of Washington at Seattle. 2002