September 1st, 2016 | RESEARCH
The informal STEM education (ISE) field is a landscape that includes a variety of institutions beyond schools, including museums, science centers, zoos, youth and adult organizations, documentary film producers—and public libraries (J. H. Falk, Randol, and Dierking 2012). Libraries across the country have been reimagining their community role and leveraging their resources and public trust to strengthen communnity-based learning and foster critical thinking, problem solving, and engagement in STEM.
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Keliann LaConte, Author, Lunar and Planetary InstitutePaul Dusenbery, Author, Space Science Institute
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Identifier Type: issn
Identifier: 1089-9367
Publication: Informal Learning Review
Number: 140
Page(s): 21-27
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1413783
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STEM Learning in Libraries: A National Conference on Needs, Opportunities, and Future Directions
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Audience: Educators | Teachers | General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Conferences | Exhibitions | Library Exhibits | Library Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Public Programs