January 10th, 2022 | RESEARCH
Across literature on STEM practice and STEM education, definitions of "imagination" vary in a number of ways. The visual tool below presents a way to organize the characteristics of these definitions along three dimensions: essence, ways of thinking, and context. Using this framework, you can build definitions of imagination relevant to your work.
Document
Defining-Imagination-in-STEM-Worksheet.pdf
Team Members
Becki Kipling, Principal Investigator, Museum of Science, BostonChristine Reich, Co-Principal Investigator, Museum of Science, Boston
Sarah May, Co-Principal Investigator, Museum of Science, Boston
Emmett Fung, Contributor, Museum of Science, Boston
Sonya Harvey-Justiniano, Contributor, Museum of Science, Boston
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1906899
Related URLs
Conference: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Imagination in Informal STEM Environments
Tags
Audience: Evaluators | Learning Researchers | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Conferences | Museum and Science Center Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Public Programs