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resource project Public Programs
While there is a growing commitment in ISL to broadening participation in STEM, genuine diversity cannot be attained if current efforts continue to revolve around a dominant paradigm. This research synthesis project will review, summarize, and interpret existing research and knowledge on non-Western STEM knowledge, worldviews, and ways of knowing.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Isabel Hawkins Hsin-Yi Chien Anne Holmes Verónica García-Luis Melissa Cuevas
resource project Public Programs
In this project, the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in partnership with EdTogether, Spelman College, and the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester will bring together these distinct domains of learning by working with youth and practitioners to conduct a systematic review of equity and belonging work in informal science learning.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Katie Todd Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann Samantha Daley Fatima Brunson
resource research Exhibitions
This guide shares some of the successes and challenges behind the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Cardboard City exhibition and our partnership with museums across the country through Cardboard Collaborative.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marjorie Bequette Laura Geake Megan Goeke Sarah Lukowski Robby Callahan Schreiber Bette Schmit
resource research Exhibitions
The Cardboard Collaborative is the product of 10 years of work at the Science Museum of Minnesota and part of a larger collaboration with local community organizations to center BIPOC family priorities and experiences. This guide is intended to share what they have learned and support others to create their own cardboard maker worlds.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marjorie Bequette Laura Geake
resource research Public Programs
This radical volume addresses these circular discourses and reveals the gaps in the field. Putting the spotlight on the marginalised voices of so-called 'racialised minorities', and those from Global South regions, it interrogates the global footprint of the science communication enterprise.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Elizabeth Rasekoala
resource evaluation Public Programs
This white paper examined the process of evaluating a new Growth Mindset youth program developed for youth in Grades 3-5 in the Northwest suburb communities in Dundee Township, IL.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Luci Hanstedt Drew Glassford Mike LoPresti Mallory Namoff Robert Tai
resource project Public Programs
The program was co-created with practitioners and students who are people of color and/or immigrants, representing a range of gender identities and sexual orientations and neurodivergent individuals alongside facilitators that specialize in helping STEM professionals address social inequities. The IDEAL program supports practitioners in developing self-awareness, readiness, agency, and resources to modify their projects with practices that support belonging, equity, and accessibility.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Caren Cooper Russ Schumacher Monica Ramirez-Andreotta Valerie Johnson Chad Wilsey
resource research Exhibitions
This analysis examines how assembly-style making activities support creative expression and early engineering learning. We suggest makerspace designers and educators consider include assembly-style making activities in the mix of options available to support makers who are less comfortable with making initially.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Marjorie Bequette Sarah Lukowski Bette Schmit
resource research Exhibitions
The open-access proceedings from this conference are available in both English and Spanish.
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TEAM MEMBERS: John Voiklis Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein Uduak Grace Thomas Bennett Attaway Lisa Chalik Jason Corwin Kevin Crowley Michelle Ciurria Colleen Cotter Martina Efeyini Ronnie Janoff-Bulman Jacklyn Grace Lacey Reyhaneh Maktoufi Bertram Malle Jo-Elle Mogerman Laura Niemi Laura Santhanam
resource evaluation Public Programs
The NSF-funded project titled An Informal Learning Model of Genetic and Genomic Education for Adult Bilingual Learners, was led by Joanne Sandberg, PhD. The project included three phases: Phase I: Investigation of knowledge and beliefs about transmission of traits, genetic and genomic concepts, gene-environment interactions, and environmental exposures in Latinx adults born in Mexico or Central America and who have limited literacy. Phase II: Development of two educational interventions in Spanish that address: Information about environmental exposures that can be detrimental to
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TEAM MEMBERS: Louisa Stark
resource evaluation Media and Technology
In 2022, Kera Collective partnered with Made By Us to evaluate the impact of its flagship program, Civic Season, in its second year running. Held annually between Juneteenth and July 4th, Civic Season “rolls out the welcome mat” for Young People—the future inheritors of the United States—by connecting them to 150+ museums, historic sites, and historical societies and putting history in their hands as a tool for informed, inspired civic participation. Our work, and Civic Season’s implementation, came at a time when the gap between Young People (age 18-30) and history organizations was huge
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TEAM MEMBERS: Cathy Sigmond Hannah Heller Stephanie Downey Claire Lucas
resource research Public Programs
Supporting more equitable participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) remains a key, persistent educational challenge. This paper employs a sociological Bourdieusian lens to explore how equitable youth outcomes might be supported through informal science learning (ISL). Drawing on multimodal, ethnographic data from four case study youth aged 11–14 from two ISL programs, we identify four areas of practice that were enacted to a greater or lesser extent in the programs in support of equitable youth outcomes. We identify how the equitable potential of these practices
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TEAM MEMBERS: Louise Archer Spela Godec Angela Calabrese Barton emily dawson Ada Mau Uma Patel