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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

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Racial Equity in STEM Education (EHR 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 ... Read more

Salary Range: $52,000-$60,000 based on experience Summary: The Education Manager oversees the day-to-day operation of the Science Factory’s educational programs on and off-site. This includes program development, implementation, evaluation, and promotion of the Science Factory’s diverse roster of fun, hands-on STEM education programs for PreK through 8th grade school and community groups. These programs include ... Read more

This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview  Electronic media also have a long history of exposing children to informal STEM content, from the debut of television series such as Mr. Wizard in 1951 through the various educational television series, ... Read more

Join the eeVAL project for a 4-part Virtual Learning Series on the following dates: Thursday, March 23 – 12:30pm Eastern / 9:30am Pacific (1 hour) Thursday, April 13 – 12:30pm Eastern / 9:30am Pacific (1 hour) Thursday, May 11 – 12:30pm Eastern / 9:30am Pacific (1 hour) Thursday, May 25 – 12:30pm Eastern / 9:30am ... Read more

This Knowledge Base article was written collaboratively with contributions from Annie McNamara, Thomas Akiva, Peter Wardrip and Lisa Brahms. This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview  Researchers and practitioners acknowledge the essential role that facilitation plays in supporting maker-based learning experiences (Vossoughi, Escudé, ... Read more

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a new solicitation for the Education and Human Research (EHR) Directorate’s Core Research program (ECR). Proposals are due on September 10, 2015. From NSF: The EHR Core Research (ECR) program of fundamental research in STEM education provides funding in critical research areas that are essential, broad and enduring. ... Read more

The National Science Foundation Directorate of Education and Human Resources (EHR) will be hosting an open-house event on Friday, December 4 from 9:30-11:30 am.  The event will be available both to in-person participants and via WebEx. Speakers include: Catherine A. Haden, Professor of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago David W. Grissmer, Research Professor, University of ... Read more

Cosmic Picture, with support from the National Girls Collaborative Project, is seeking proposals from organizations to participate in Einstein’s Incredible Universe, an exciting new media and engagement program designed to catalyze interest in space science and spark scientific curiosity in lifelong learners, especially young women. Organizations must be located in the US within the path of totality for the 2024 total ... Read more

The following blog post continues the discussion initiated by author Walter Staveloz, Director of International Relations at the Association of Science-Technology Centers, ASTC, on Paul Orselli’s blog, ExhibiTricks. In that post, Staveloz posits that we are “always learning,” and that learning is a social experience; hence, science centers and museums should facilitate interactions among and ... Read more

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program (GRP) will fund grants of $75,000 or more to support projects that engage children and youth in place-based educational activities. The GRP seeks to foster the development of the scientific and environmental skills, competencies, and capabilities that are critical to solving complex issues in ... Read more

Come and learn all about Design Squad Latinx (DSL), an exciting bilingual (Spanish–English) initiative that engages kids ages 10–13 in the engineering design process through fun-packed, high-energy, hands-on challenges. Guest Nicki Sirianni (Education Outreach & Marketing Manager for GBH Education) will share how the program was developed with and for Latinx communities in the continental ... Read more

Dear CAISE Colleagues and ISE Friends, I thought you would find this bit of news amusing and/or horrifying. It is an ETS newsletter which came in the mail, and is downloadable for free from http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/PICPN181.pdf. Now the Educational Testing Service is a bulwark of formal education. I’m working with them regularly since they are prime ... Read more

Karen Peterman is the Principal at Karen Peterman consulting and an evaluator and researcher who studies both formal and informal STEM education programs. She originally earned her Ph.D. in experimental psychology and then, in 2002, transitioned to the education field. Since 2010, she has been president of Karen Peterman Consulting, Co., a firm that specializes ... Read more

Bruce Lewenstein is Professor of Science Communication at Cornell University and a widely-known authority on public communication of science and technology–how science and technology are reported to the public and how the public understands controversial scientific issues and “emerging technologies” such as biotechnology and nanotechnology. You can watch this short video, download the full transcript, ... Read more

Chris Schunn is a Professor of Psychology, Learning Sciences and Policy, and Intelligent Systems, and Senior Scientist and the Co-Director of the Institute for Learning at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. His research interests include STEM learning & reasoning, engagement, peer learning, and neuroscience of complex learning. To hear more about his perspective on ... Read more

Doug Clark is Research Professor of Design Based Learning at the University of Calgary whose research investigates the design of digital learning environments and the learning processes through which people, particularly middle school and high school students, come to understand core science and computer science concepts in the context of those digital learning environments. You ... Read more

Eric Klopfer is Professor and Director of the Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade at MIT whose work uses a Design Based Research methodology to span the educational technology ecosystem, from design and development of new technologies to professional development and implementation. Much of Klopfer’s research has focused on computer games and simulations ... Read more

John Besley is the Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations at Michigan State University who studies public opinion about science and scientists’ opinions about the public in the context of trying to help science communicators be more strategic. You can watch this short video, download the full transcript, and get highlights from the interview ... Read more

Josh Gutwill is the Director of Visitor Research and Evaluation at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, California. His work includes research on learning in informal environments as well as evaluation of exhibits and programs to improve visitors’ experiences. He is interested in fostering and studying learners’ self-directed inquiry in science museum settings through research that ... Read more

Karen Peterman is the Principal at Karen Peterman consulting and an evaluator and researcher who studies both formal and informal STEM education programs. She originally earned her Ph.D. in experimental psychology and then, in 2002, transitioned to the education field. Since 2010, she has been president of Karen Peterman Consulting, Co., a firm that specializes ... Read more

Karen Purcell is Project Leader for Celebrate Urban Birds, a citizen science project at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that has engaged over 250,000 participants and nearly 10,000 partner organizations. She also led Project PigeonWatch and Urban Bird Gardens, an NSF funded planning grant designed to develop a new model for bringing participatory STEM education ... Read more

Paulette Vincent-Ruz is a soon-to-be Assistant Professor in Chemistry Education Research at New Mexico State University. To learn more about her perspective on engagement, we talked with Paulette (when she was a Student Researcher in Learning Sciences and Policy at the University of Pittsburgh) and Chris Schunn, Professor of Psychology, Learning Sciences and Policy, and ... Read more

Sara Yeo is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Utah. Yeo specializes in science and risk communication, and her research explores the intersection of science, media, and politics. Currently, she is interested in how humor and emotions affect the formation of public attitudes toward science and technology. You can watch this short ... Read more

Victor Lee is an Associate Professor at Stanford University. We interviewed Victor Lee when he was an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University. Lee is a learning scientist and technologist who is interested in supporting teaching and learning of STEM content and practices with new technologies in both formal ... Read more