Changes in Urban Youths’ Attitude Towards Science and Perception of a Mobile Science Lab Experience

June 1st, 2015 | RESEARCH

This dissertation examined changes in urban youth’s attitude towards science as well as their perception of the informal science education setting and third space opportunity provided by the BioBus, a mobile science lab. Findings from this study suggested that urban youth’s attitude towards science changed both positively and negatively in statistically significant ways after a BioBus visit and that the experience itself was highly enjoyable. Furthermore, implications for how to construct a third space within the urban science classroom and the merits of utilizing the theoretical framework developed to analyze cultural tensions between urban youth and school science are discussed.

Document

BioBusFinalDissertation.pdf

Team Members

Jared Fox, Author, Columbia University

Tags

Access and Inclusion: Urban
Audience: Educators | Teachers | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Education and learning science | Life science
Resource Type: Doctoral Dissertation | Research Products
Environment Type: Informal | Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Laboratory Programs | Public Programs