The Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL), at the National Science Foundation announces a nationwide search for temporary program directors with expertise at the intersections between computer science (as well as related fields) and research on science, technology, engineering or mathematics learning. Formal … Read more
The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) is dedicated to advancing the fields of informal science education (ISE) and science communication by supporting and building on the rich diversity of projects supported by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Under a cooperative agreement with the NSF, … Read more
The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference is the premier professional development event for the science center and museum field. Offering approximately 120 high-quality sessions, the conference reaches more than 1,800 science center and museum professionals at all career stages, representing the organizational and geographic diversity of the field. Proposals are now being accepted … Read more
Planning is in progress for the 2017 National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI) Summit. This year’s Summit will be held April 26-28, 2017 at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, WA and hosted by Oregon State University. The planning committee is now issuing a call for broader impacts experts to submit proposals for working sessions, accepted proposal … Read more
In 2015, AAAS (the American Association for the Advancement of Science) began a project to document and study public engagement with science. As part of this project, a series of scales is being developed to study scientists’ experiences with doing public engagement and the short-term impact of those experiences. The second of these scales is … Read more
Members of CAISE team and External Review Board The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) has received a new five-year award from the National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program to serve as a resource center for informal STEM education and to explore common challenges … Read more
Responding to the needs of professionals looking to advance their careers, the University of Pittsburgh offers a Doctor of Education (EdD) in out-of-school learning. The part-time EdD is a three-year cohort-based degree program designed around the needs of working professionals with very clear timelines and an on-line course delivery model. The program is intended for … Read more
The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net) is pleased to offer 250 free Explore Science: Earth & Space 2017 toolkits to new and existing eligible partners in the United States. In collaboration with NASA, the NISE Network has assembled a new set of engaging, hands-on Earth and space science experiences with connections to science, technology, and … Read more
In the informal science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (ISE) community, we might have different levels of awareness or knowledge of logic models, and that is okay. There are those who might not have heard of logic models, or have heard of them in bits of conversation with respect to proposal writing. I first … Read more
The Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) in the Education and Human Resources Directorate (EHR) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces a Nation-wide search for one Program Director with expertise in the evaluation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and education research programs, policies and projects. The … Read more