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The Ecological Society of America will host an Ecology and Education Summit in the fall of 2010. It will bring together leaders of diverse national ecology and environmental education organizations...

Ecology Plus (Ecology+) is an NSF INCLUDES Launch Pilot project with a goal of increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities in a broad range of career pathways where ecology plays...

Maine is a rural state with unequal access to computers and information technology. To remedy this, the Maine laptop program supplies iBooks to every seventh and eighth grade student in...

This report presents findings of a summative evaluation by Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. (RK&A) of the Extreme Zone section in the Ecosystems exhibition, a project funded by the National...

The European Network of Science Centers and Museums (Ecsite), as part of their #EcsiteOnline: Together, digitally initiative is hosting a series of webinars beginning in May 13 on topics shaped by the Ecsite community. The first one is on Decolonizing museums and science communication on Wednesday 13 May, 15:00 CEST, 9:00 AM EST and 6:00 AM PDT. Register ... Read more

This presentation at an interagency meeting to discuss informal STEM programming. The presentation discusses the Games for Learning initiative through the Department of Education's Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR)....

Exhibit Design for Girls’ Engagement (EDGE) began as an NSF-funded research project led by the Exploratorium to learn how science museums can better engage girls aged 8–13 with STEM exhibits....

John J. Tyler Arboretum will develop visitor programming that will provide educational opportunities in its Edible Garden Center focused on the benefits of growing and eating fresh fruits and vegetables....

The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) will convene an interactive Edit-a-Thon workshop at the 2016 Visitor Studies Association (VSA) Conference this summer in Boston, MA. This free workshop will take place on Saturday, July 23, 2016 from 2-5 PM. Participants will be invited to collaboratively create content for the InformalScience.org Knowledge Base, ... Read more

In this Editor's Note, guest editor Linda A. (Nikki) Black summarizes the content of this issue of "Visitor Behavior" and explains its goal to demonstrate the importance of evaluation to...

In this journal preface, Hans-Joachim Klein of the University of Karlsruhe, introduces this special issue of "Visitor Behavior" that concentrates on visitor research in Germany....

In this editorial comment, guest editor Ross Loomis introduces an issue of "Visitor Behavior" devoted to examples of art museum audience research....

In this article, "Visitor Studies Today" Editor Chris Parsons discusses resources for planning and budgeting for evaluation projects. Parsons suggests several websites that offer overviews from different perspectives for professionals...

The EDU Racial Equity program team is offering two live webinars that highlight the Racial Equity in STEM Education solicitation (NSF 22-634) as well as other proposal preparation aspects submitters will find helpful. Each live webinar includes a presentation plus Q&A. The presentation components of the webinars will be recorded and posted on their website. ... Read more

The Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency's National Digital Stewardship Residency in New York (NDSR-NY) addresses the library profession's lack of staff who are trained to successfully acquire, manage, and...

Education and Community Engagement is one of three program directorates in the UNAVCO. Our primary areas of focus include: (1) Professional development/training: We broaden the community using UNAVCO-supported tools, data,...

The educational function of science museums was born with the first naturalistic collections ever, flourished in 16th-century Italy. The pedagogic thought and the educational experimentations carried out in approximately five...

Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national prosperity and supporting stable families, neighborhoods, and communities. Education is even more critical today,...

The Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE) is requesting a planning grant to explore the feasibility and potential of establishing a specialized educational news service aimed at both...

NASA STEM Educational Project for the Goddard Greenbelt and Wallops Visitor Center and the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility Education Resource Center is a project designed to provide high...

In the 1920s, John Dewey and Walter Lippmann both wrote important books examining whether the public was capable of playing a constructive role in policy, particularly when specialized knowledge was...

Being aware of the fact that science is a decisive factor for development and individual well being and a citizen's right, no less important than all his other rights, Tunisia's...

Naturejobs.com article called “Education: Free-range learning,” highlighting some of the benefits of and challenges for informal science education. The article includes quotes and examples from project leaders in citizen science,...

This project is developing and implementing a strong environmental literacy and science education program to accompany NOAA's Science on a Sphere (SOS) at The National Maritime Center's Nauticus museum. The...

In this article, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Don Thompson summarizes a portion of a dissertation research project that focuses on the relationship between people's educational background and their perceptions of exhibits....