The Case for Informal Science Education

March 4th, 2010 | RESEARCH

These conference proceedings summarize work done by the CAISE Inquiry Groups and include presentations from NSF Program Officer Al DeSena and CAISE Co-PI John Falk (Introduction), Falk and Carlos Manjerrez (Infrastructure Inquiry Group), Saskia Traill (Policy Study Inquiry Group), Kevin Crowley (Learning Inquiry Group), and a synthesis and reflection from Sheila Grinell, Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, Rob Semper, Julie Johnson, Erik Peterson, Rich Borchelt, Wendy Wheeler, and Kevin Crowley. All meeting documentation was provided by Catherine McEver.

Document

ISE_Bzz.pdf

Team Members

Al DeSena, Contributor, National Science Foundation
John H Falk, Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
Carlos Manjarrez, Contributor, Institute for Museum and Library Services
Saskia Traill, Contributor, The After-School Corporation
Kevin Crowley, Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
Sheila Grinell, Contributor, The Museum Group
Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, Contributor, Hopa Mountain
Rob Semper, Contributor, Exploratorium
Julie Johnson, Contributor, Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
Erik Peterson, Contributor, Afterschool Alliance
Rick Borchelt, Contributor, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wendy Wheeler, Contributor, Innovation Center
Catherine McEver, Author, Bureau of Common Sense

Funders

Funding Source: NSF

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | Evaluators | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops