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In our efforts to sustain U.S. productivity and economic strength, underrepresented minorities (URM) (for the purpose of this paper defined as persons of African American, Hispanic American, and Native American...
DATE: December 1st, 2001
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This article examines the public at a science exhibition or festival and tries to determine whether casual visitors are a means of expanding the audience. According to a Swiss survey...
DATE: March 14th, 2011
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The California Academy of Sciences will develop, evaluate and disseminate exhibits and programs designed to communicate to public audiences the results of research including a biotic inventory of the amphibians...
DATES: July 15th, 2004 - June 30th, 2008
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This article from Daedalus explores the question (framed by an American Association of Museums AAM publication) of how museums can help to nurture an informed citizenry and address the challenges...
DATE: May 1st, 1999
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In this article, Linda Ferguson, Audience Advocate and Evaluator at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, discusses how the Memorial represents "the enemy" in its galleries in a way that...
DATE: September 1st, 1997
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This article discusses notion of "bimodal" visitation patterns by museum visitors, in which people are either interested or not in the material presented. The authors argue that this no-time, lots-of-time...
DATE: May 1st, 2001
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A ghost is wandering around the web: it is called open access, a proposal to modify the circulation system of scientific information which has landed on the sacred soil of...
DATE: December 21st, 2003
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In the name of God is the heading chosen by some researchers from a Middle Eastern country for their posters in an international conference on chemistry which has recently been...
DATE: September 21st, 2004
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The following are interviews with people whose long-term involvement with the PISEC program has been life-changing. Most started as participants, with or without friends and family, and over time became...
DATE: January 1st, 2011
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In this article, Gillian McIntyre, Adult Program Coordinator at the Art Gallery of Ontario, analyzes the successes and challenges of the Gallery's "In Your Face: the people's portrait project" exhibit....
DATE: July 1st, 2009
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In-Touch Science provides informal learning experiences to help children ages 8 to 11 understand the science in their everyday lives. Each science theme is introduced through a hands-on activity in...
DATES: July 1st, 1997 - June 30th, 2003
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A webinar on partnerships with communities that provide scientists and science educators opportunities to bring knowledges and practices of local and global communities in interaction with sciences to learn, teach, advocate, and transform. Panelists: Natasha Alhadeff-Jones, Assistant Director, Institut Sunkronos, Geneva, Switzerland Daniel Morales-Doyle, Associate Professor of Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University ...
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DATE: December 21st, 2022
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This project is a Design and Development Launch Pilot (DDLP) of the NSF INCLUDES program. The goal of the project is to enhance the knowledge and applicability of science, technology,...
DATES: September 15th, 2017 - August 31st, 2019
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This workshop convened a group of thought leaders from across the nation, sectors, and academic disciplines on June 3, 2015 at the National Science Foundation for one day of brainstorming...
DATE: September 1st, 2015
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This project will address broadening participation challenges concerning underrepresented minority students seeking STEM degrees at institutions of higher education in Southern California. Data show that Latino students in particular are...
DATES: October 1st, 2016 - September 30th, 2018
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Funded by the National Science Foundation, The Handheld Science and Math Dictionaries for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Museum Visitors Research Project (DRL-1008546; Signing Science) is a collaboration between the...
DATE: January 30th, 2015
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As the scientific community, like society more broadly, reckons with long-standing challenges around accessibility, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, we would be wise to pay attention to issues and lessons...
DATE: June 25th, 2021
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The STEM Education Hub, a project run by King’s College London and the British Council in Brazil, is hosting a roundtable discussion with experts in STEM education, equitable engagement, and informal STEM learning. The panelists will explore the potential and obstacles of inclusivity for individuals with disabilities across these fields and discuss challenges in building and enhancing their ...
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DATE: May 8th, 2023
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Inclusion, Disabilities, and Informal Science Learning, a report by the CAISE Access Inquiry Group, sets forth a framework for changing this inequity. This white paper offers a theoretical framework for...
DATE: March 1st, 2010
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Join the U.S. Department of Education and NASA to learn about student STEM higher education pathways including student services, internships, competitions, and other resources to inspire and support low-income, first generation, underrepresented, and high-need students to pursue a STEM post-secondary education at a minority-serving institution. Ideal for parents, high school students, counselors, educators, university students, ...
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DATE: August 1st, 2024
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This report summarizes findings of an NSF conference grant designed to support the knowledge-building component of the 2019 Inclusive SciComm Symposium (ISCS). Specifically, this document describes symposium participants' motivations for...
DATE: September 24th, 2021
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Inclusive science communication, or ISC, upends the traditional approaches of science communication by centering the values of inclusion, equity, and intersectionality.
To help more science communication and informal learning practitioners and...
DATE: July 31st, 2021
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This project will advance evidence-based efforts to broaden informal STEM engagement via the 2019 Inclusive Science Communication (Inclusive SciComm) Symposium, to be held September 27-29, 2019, at the University of...
DATES: August 15th, 2019 - July 31st, 2020
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The IRIS Education and Public Outreach program draws upon the seismological expertise of Consortium members and combines it with the staff expertise to create products and activities that advance awareness...
DATES: October 1st, 2013 - September 30th, 2018
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The idea of using communication research to develop natural resources histories has been documented in several studies, but I contend that these methods are largely underutilized. The point of this...
DATE: October 22nd, 2007