June 1st, 2007 - May 31st, 2013 | PROJECT
The Association of Science-Technology Centers, the Institute for Learning Innovation, University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments, the Visitor Studies Association and other collaborators stewarded development of an Informal Science Education Resource Center (ISERC) to support ongoing improvement of the national infrastructure for informal science education. Activities included a clearinghouse for ISE-funded awards to enable others to learn from and build upon prior work, identification of practices and findings, and leadership development, with emphasis on increasing diversity in the field.
Project Website(s)
(no project website provided)
Project Products
Making Science Matter: Collaborations Between Informal Science Education Organizations and Schools
Many Experts, Many Audiences: Public Engagement with Science
Public Participation in Scientific Research
Inclusion, Disabilities, and Informal Science Learning
Informal Science Education Policy: Issues and Opportunities
The Informal Science Education Landscape: A Preliminary Investigation
CAISE Leadership & Diversity Fellows Program 2008-2009
2010 CAISE Fellows Summary
Principal Investigator's Guide: Managing Evaluation in Informal STEM Education Projects (PI Guide)
Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) Fellows Program Summary Report
Border Crossings in Informal Science Education: DragonflyTV’s Experiment in Museum-Media Collaboration
Integrating Developmental and Free-Choice Learning Frameworks to Investigate Conceptual Change in Visitor Understanding
Creating a Learning Environment that Fosters Parent-Child Interactions: A Case Study from the Animal Secrets Exhibition Project
CAISE Media Initiative Outcomes
The Year in Informal STEM Education: CAISE’s Reflections on 2017
ISE Timeline
An Evaluation Perspective on CAISE
An Evaluation Perspective on CAISE
Team Members
James Bell, Principal Investigator, Association of Science-Technology CentersWendy Pollock, Former Principal Investigator, Association of Science-Technology Centers
John H Falk, Co-Principal Investigator, Institute for Learning Innovation
Kevin Crowley, Co-Principal Investigator, University of Pittsburgh
Kirsten Ellenbogen, Co-Principal Investigator, Visitor Studies Association
Alan Friedman, Former Co-Principal Investigator, Visitor Studies Association
Wendy Hancock, Contributor, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Margaret Glass, Contributor, Association of Science-Technology Centers
John Baeck, Contributor
Ellen McCallie, Contributor
Trevor Nesbit, Contributor, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Kalie Sacco, Contributor, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0638981
Funding Amount: $5,000,000
Tags
Audience: Educators | Teachers | Evaluators | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Resource Centers and Networks