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In early August 2019, the U.S.A. saw 2 significant mass shootings in just 48 hours. On Twitter, Neil deGrasse Tyson responded with a tweet to his millions of followers. He...
DATE: September 16th, 2019
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Research tells us that media -- be it on television or film or in the form of radio podcasts -- are the most widely utilized and trusted sources for public...
DATES: August 15th, 2017 - July 31st, 2019
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The goal of "Communicating STEM -- Applying the Science of Science Communication to Natural History Media Products in Development/Production" is to bring standard methodology for media product development/production into better...
DATES: September 1st, 2015 - August 31st, 2016
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This conference grant will support professional development at Jackson WILD. Jackson WILD (formerly the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival) is the premier industry conference for science and natural history documentary...
DATES: July 15th, 2019 - June 30th, 2020
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Written in response to a previous article by Weingart and Guenther [2016] in JCOM, this letter aims to open up some critical issues concerning the ‘new ecology of communication’. It...
DATE: October 10th, 2016
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Communicating about environmental risks requires understanding and addressing stakeholder needs, perspectives, and anticipated uses for communication products and decision-support tools. This paper demonstrates how long-term dialogue between scientists and stakeholders...
DATE: July 16th, 2018
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Innovation processes are rarely smooth and disruptions often occur at transition points were one knowledge domain passes the technology on to another domain. At these transition points communication is a...
DATE: December 9th, 2011
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The academic interest in 'science and technology communication' has evolved from different societal domains and fields of application, giving rise to different scholarly traditions. This contribution introduces current issues and...
DATE: December 16th, 2016
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"Knowledge and information are essential for people to respond successfully to the opportunities and challenges of social, economic and technological changes (...). But to be useful, knowledge and information must...
DATE: September 21st, 2005
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The recent events related to the spread of the influenza virus A (H1N1) have drawn again the attention of science communication experts to old issues, including a couple of issues...
DATE: June 19th, 2009
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Engagement, outreach, education, communication, broader impacts–all of these terms were used in more than 20 sessions related to education and public engagement at the recent American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting. But what did the wide variety of presenters mean when they talked about “public engagement?” Who are “public audiences,” in ...
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DATE: November 20th, 2015
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Assessment of trends in the state of the environment constitutes one important aspect of efforts to achieve environmental sustainability. Assessments are often undertaken via indicators which measure progress towards environmental...
DATE: April 16th, 2009
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The Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary requests $58,414 from the Informal Science Education Program of the National Science Foundation to infuse an environmental education message with innovative approaches to visitor self-instruction,...
DATES: June 1st, 1994 - November 30th, 1996
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Many people are under-served by existing informal science learning (ISL) provisions and under-represented in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics/Medicine) study choices and careers. This paper reflects upon SMASHfestUK which...
DATE: February 1st, 2021
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Development of an online interactive exhibition of patient and medical practitioner testimonials from six to eight Central Texas communities.
Communities of Care: Documenting Voices of Healing and Endurance is a community-based multimedia...
DATES: January 1st, 2018 - December 31st, 2019
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August, 2009 Communities of Effective Practice, 2008-2009 Evaluation Abstract: The Communities of Effective Practice (CEP) project is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project to develop a professional development model for...
DATE: August 1st, 2009
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This pilot project establishes and implements a professional development model with teachers of Native American students by creating a culturally relevant science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teacher in-service model...
DATES: May 1st, 2006 - July 31st, 2010
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In the Communities of Learning for Urban Environments and Science (CLUES) project, the four museums of the Philadelphia-Camden Informal Science Education Collaborative worked to build informal science education (ISE) capacity...
DATES: September 15th, 2009 - August 31st, 2015
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In the Communities of Learning for Urban Environments and Science (CLUES) project, the four museums of the Philadelphia-Camden Informal Science Education Collaborative worked to build informal science education (ISE) capacity...
DATE: November 25th, 2015
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Join our community of informal science researchers and practitioners committed to advancing equity and justice through relationship building, knowledge sharing, and collaborative action. The Reimagining Equity and Values in Informal STEM Education (REVISE) Center encourages, supports, facilitates, and amplifies affinity and interest groups that transform into communities of practice for change across the informal ...
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DATE: June 21st, 2024
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The term ""community of practice"" is of relatively recent coinage, even though the phenomenon it refers to is age-old. The concept has turned out to provide a useful perspective on...
DATE: June 1st, 2009
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The idea that learning involves a deepening process of participation in a community of practice has gained significant ground in recent years. Communities of practice have also become an important...
DATE: May 8th, 2009
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As organizations grow in size, geographical scope, and complexity, it is increasingly apparent that sponsorship and support of communities of practice—groups whose members regularly engage in sharing and learning, based...
DATE: April 6th, 2010
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This essay argues that the success of organizations depends on their ability to design themselves as social learning systems and also to participate in broader learning systems such as an...
DATE: May 1st, 2000
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Community Ambassadors in Science Exploration (CASE) is a new model for encouraging the appreciation and understanding of science among underserved families through: a corps of teen and adult peer presenters;...
DATES: March 1st, 2004 - August 31st, 2011