Imagination’s Role in STEM Practice and STEM Education: Categories and Definitions

September 8th, 2021 | RESEARCH

A brief summary of the results of an analysis of 137 pieces of literature reviewed as part of the project’s comprehensive literature review, focusing specifically on the range of ways imagination is positioned in relation to STEM (as a trait or capability, an outcome, a process, a theoretical framework, or as valuable).

Document

Imaginations-Role-in-Relation-to-STEM-Themes-and-Exemplars-Resource-Sheet.pdf

Team Members

Sarah May, Author, Museum of Science, Boston

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1906899

Related URLs

Conference: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Imagination in Informal STEM Environments

Tags

Audience: Learning Researchers | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Reference Materials | Research Products
Environment Type: Museum and Science Center Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks