November 17th, 2021 | RESEARCH
This poster was presented at the 2021 NSF AISL Awardee Meeting.
Free-choice learning occurs when individuals make choices about what, where, how, and who they participate with in their self-motivated learning activities. This project explores how different people, living in the same geographic region, make plants and gardening a part of their lives. We explore how adult community members choose to participate in their plant and gardening interests, including: the topics and activities that interest them, with whom they participate, where, and which resources they access. This work will provide a clearer understanding of a community’s STEM ecosystem and will build evidence-based understanding about who is being served by which resources in their community. We are also piloting a methodology to use participants’ social networks to collect data from diverse (age, gender, race, socioeconomics) urban gardeners who have often been excluded by more traditional data collection efforts.
Document
2005840_Elysa_Corin_Poster.pdf
Team Members
Elysa Corin, Principal Investigator, Institute for Learning InnovationJudy Koke, Contributor, Institute for Learning Innovation
David Meier, Contributor, Institute for Learning Innovation
Allison Hu, Contributor, Institute for Learning Innovation
Eric Jones, Co-Principal Investigator, UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 2005840
Related URLs
Cultivating Science: Examining the Free-Choice Science Learning Networks of Urban Gardeners
Tags
Access and Inclusion: Ethnic | Racial | Low Socioeconomic Status | Women and Girls
Audience: Adults | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Park | Outdoor | Garden Programs | Public Programs