August 15th, 1995 - January 31st, 1999 | PROJECT
The California Museum of Science and Industry requests $1,103,410 over three years to work in a partnership with the National Council of La Raza to develop two content-rich "discovery rooms" in the Museum that are supportive of further learning in the larger museum context and that guide parents from culturally diverse backgrounds in supporting their children's science learning at the museum and in the home. A major component of the project is the "Our Place Academy," a comprehensive education program that will train Latino parents of preschool and school-age children to serve as learning facilitators in the discovery rooms. The curriculum of the Academy will focus on skills that will both serve Latino parents as partners in their children's science education and as leaders and disseminators within their own communities. A training guide entitled, "Making it our Place" will be developed as a practical guide for building a trained staff from the parents in a community to facilitate learning in a discovery setting. Target audience is parents with preschool and school-aged children.
Project Website(s)
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Team Members
Ann Muscat, Principal Investigator, California Science CenterSylvia Connolly, Former Principal Investigator
Sharon Schonhaut, Former Principal Investigator
Carol Valenta, Former Principal Investigator, California Science Center
Roxie Esterle, Co-Principal Investigator, California Science Center
Maria Bonillas, Former Co-Principal Investigator
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 9552560
Funding Amount: 1071041
Tags
Access and Inclusion: Ethnic | Racial | Hispanic | Latinx Communities
Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Parents | Caregivers | Pre-K Children (0-5)
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Museum and Science Center Programs | Public Programs