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resource research Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
Science Education has a long tradition of publishing theoretical and empirical articles that push the boundaries of learning research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). To that end, we edited a collection of articles that focus on themes relevant to the intersection of learning sciences research and science learning in everyday life approaches and contexts for Science Education.
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resource research Public Programs
The executive director of the Robert Bowne Foundation reflects on its decades of support for youth development programs.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Lena Townsend
resource research Public Programs
The process of building a youth council illustrates the principles of action research and civic youth work in action.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Brian Hubbard
resource research Public Programs
Most communities have afterschool programs that give school-aged students a safe place to go after the dismissal bell rings. The next step after simply providing a safe haven is to create a nurturing environment that develops young people’s talents and supports their needs. A formal mentoring program can help to achieve this goal.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sara McDaniel Anna-Margaret Yarbrough Kevin Besnoy
resource research Public Programs
Design thinking, a studio design, and badges replace lectures, classrooms, and paper-and-pencil tests in an innovative STEM summer camp.
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Adult-youth relationships built on mutual respect and empathy may be key to building better futures for low-income boys of color.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Stacy Randell Amy Smith Bernard Steinman
resource research Public Programs
Afterschool continues to be promoted as a complementary setting to school for strengthening science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (for example, Krishnamurthi, Bevan, Rinehart, & Coulon, 2013). This is a reasonable idea: 10.2 million children and youth in the U.S. participate in structured afterschool programs (Afterschool Alliance, 2014), and the flexibility of afterschool settings allows for innovative approaches to STEM exploration and engagement.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Thomas Akiva Kaleen Tison Povis Ani Martinez
resource evaluation Exhibitions
The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and the National Museum of American History (NMAH) contracted Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. (RK&A) to conduct a summative evaluation of Places of Invention (POI), an exhibition funded by the National Science Foundation. The evaluation was designed to determine the extent to which the exhibition achieved its outcomes: 1)Visitors identify the 21st century skills that inventors practice; 2)Visitors identify characteristics that support innovative communities; 3)Visitors express interest in learning about inventions and/or inventors; 4
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TEAM MEMBERS: Amanda Krantz
resource research Public Programs
The Tomorrow People is a research report written by Museums Association deputy director Maurice Davies while he held a visiting fellowship at the University of East Anglia. It draws on the experience of over 100 museum managers, job-seekers, university lecturers, policy makers and junior staff. It identifies several problems with the way museums recruit and develop entry-level staff. The overall conclusion is that museums, and sector bodies, need to take far more responsibility for training and development of staff at entry-level and in their first few years in post. In addition, university
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TEAM MEMBERS: Maurice Davies
resource evaluation Public Programs
Since 2012, the Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) has worked with over 72 organizations to host their Maker Corps program. In 2015, 39 organizations participated with 72 Maker Corps Members. The goals of the program are: 1. Support and train partner organizations to establish and develop making programs. 2. Diversify and expand the network and community of maker educators. These goals speak to Maker Ed’s commitment to helping people and organizations grow their capacity to deliver maker programming in the ways that is most relevant to them. For individuals, that may mean gaining
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resource evaluation Public Programs
Since 2012, the Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) has worked with over 72 organizations to host their Maker Corps program. In 2015, 39 organizations participated with 72 Maker Corps Members. The goals of the program are: 1. Support and train partner organizations to establish and develop making programs. 2. Diversify and expand the network and community of maker educators. To evaluate these experiences for Sites and Members, all were invited to complete a pre and a post survey. This report describes survey results from both Maker Corps Members and site staff, taken at the beginning
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resource research Public Programs
Across the country, school administrators and educators struggle to find time for children to engage in physical activity while still giving them enough time in academic instruction. The steep rise in childhood obesity in the U.S. (National Center for Health Statistics, 2011; Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2014) suggests that the concern is urgent.
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TEAM MEMBERS: Georgia Hall Kristin Fay Poston Stephanie Harris