Amplifying Informal Science Learning (eBook, PDF)

Rethinking Research, Design, and Engagement
Redaktion: Diamond, Judy; Rosenfeld, Sherman

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This collection explores the broad landscape of current and future out-of-school science learning environments. It examines the learning opportunities and challenges created by community-based experiences including citizen science, makerspaces, science media, escape rooms, hobby groups, and gaming.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000901771
• Artikelnr.: 68156934

Autorenporträt

Judy Diamond PhD is Professor of Libraries and Curator at the University of Nebraska State Museum and a leader in the field of informal science education. She is lead author of the books Practical Evaluation Guide: Tools for Museums and Other Informal Educational Institutions (2016) and World of Viruses (2012) and co-author of several popular science books, including Parasites: The Inside Story (2022), Thinking Like a Parrot: Perspectives from the Wild (2019), Concealing Coloration in Animals (2013), and Kea: Bird of Paradox (1999). Sherman Rosenfeld PhD has worked as a researcher and science educator at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Rehovot, Israel, since 1982. His research interests include bridging the gap between formal and informal science learning, teacher professional development, and Project-Based Learning (PBL). He directed a science museum in California, led informal science education programs for youth in Israel's institutions of higher learning, spearheaded the introduction of PBL in Israel, and participated in multi-national research projects funded by the European Union.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Exhibits and Informal Science Learning 1. Transforming Learning
Landscapes: A Radical Model for Informal Science Learning 2. What About
AIDS? The Case of the National AIDS Exhibit Consortium and its Traveling
Exhibition 3. Designing for Diversity 4. Origin of Interactive Science
Centres and the Status of Science Centres in the Middle East 5. Helping
Young Children Make Conceptual Connections in a Science Museum 6. How
Planetariums Offer Diverse Opportunities to Engage a Broad Audience in STEM
7. Now it's Africa's Turn: The Status and Potential of Science Centres and
Informal Science Education Initiatives on the 'Bright Continent' 8.
Teachers as Designers: Learning by Exhibit Prototyping PART II: Engaged
with Earth Stewardship 9. Salmon Camp: The Design of an Immersive Science
Education Program for Native American Youth 10. Cultivating Sustainability:
Youth Food Systems & STEM Learning 11. Wild Hearts: Exploring the
Connection between STEM Learning and Conservation Psychology in Zoos and
Aquariums 12. Out-of-School Science Education Institutions for
Sustainability 13. Informal Learning through Citizen Science: Authentic,
Meaningful, Impactful 14. From School-based Citizen Science to
Transition-driven Activism with the Community 15. Where You Stand and Why
You Stand There: Cultural Competency as a Lens for Understanding Climate
Change in the Minds of Rural Pennsylvania Fairgoers PART III: Places and
Spaces for Informal Science Learning 16. Libraries are for Science 17.
Night Skies and Butterflies: Leisure Science Activities and STEM Interests
18. Chemical Escape Rooms: Bridging the Gap between Formal and Informal
Science Learning 19. STEM Applied Learning Programme: Infusing the Formal
with the Informal 20. Equitable Access to Making through Public Libraries
21. The Street Code Project: Computational Literacy and the Performing Arts
22. Bridging Informal Science Learning with Schools: The Open Schooling
Model 23. Benefits of Engineering Beyond the School Day: Insights from
Research 24. Digitally-Mediated Learning Modalities for Computational
Thinking: Promises and Challenges for Informal STEAM Learning 25. Outdoor
and Outreach: Informal Science Education Outside the Four Walls of Science
Centers PART IV: Rethinking Informal Science Learning 26. Creating
Awareness of the Challenges of Cross-Cultural Communication in Informal
Science Settings Through an Indigenous Lens 27. On-Ramps to Where? 28.
Fostering Youth STEM Identities Through Social Network Connections in
Informal Science Settings 29. Speculative Design for STEM Learning 30.
Limiting Claims about Museums, STEM, and Social Issues 31. The Virtuous
Cycle of Affect, Engagement, and Learning 32. Data Narratives for Action:
Innovative Approaches to Data Collection and Reporting to Tell the Story of
Informal Science Learning 33. Should Science Centres Evict STEM? The 1960s
Dream for Peace, Beauty, and Awe versus Cold War Pragmatism and
Problem-solving 34. Reflections on 50 Years in the Science Center
Profession