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This is a guest post written by Kelly Sheehan, Alexis Lauricella, and Ellen Wartella from the Center on Media and Human Development at Northwestern University. More than 40 years of research suggests preschool-age children can learn from high-quality, educational television programs, such as Sesame Street and Blues Clues. But the rise in children’s use of newer forms of media, ... Read more

A new report from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) calls on policymakers, practitioners, and parents to recognize that museums and libraries are important places for creating lifelong learners by fostering learning experiences for young children. The report, called “Growing Young Minds,” comes from the IMLS and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. Libraries ... Read more

The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) program is a joint effort of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)  and the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) to support innovative, experimental, and/or computationally challenging digital projects at different stages of their lifecycles, from early start-up phases through implementation and sustainability. IMLS encourages innovative collaborations between library and archives professionals, ... Read more

What are the issues and concerns that researchers should be aware of when doing work in informal learning settings? Are there resources and techniques available for getting approval for this type of work from Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)? These are just some of the questions that will be addressed in a new series on navigating ... Read more

Resources » Discover Research Overview Understanding Research Types of Researchs Research Gap Integrate Research Into Practice See Also Design Evaluation There are many different ways to use research – strategic, instrumental, conceptual, and imposed, to name a few. The purposes for using research will guide how you use it. Familiarizing Yourself with the Literature In ... 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  Scientists, educators, policymakers, and others have noted the importance of preparing scientists, engineers, and medical doctors not only for the laboratory but for broad participation in civic life. (McGinn and Roth 1999). ... Read more

The Association of Children’s Museums’ annual InterActivity conference is the largest gathering of children’s museum professionals in the world. The Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) and the Madison Children’s Museum invite you to InterActivity 2024: Flourish! in Madison, WI, May 15-17.

Adam Maltese is a geologist, learning researcher and educator whose work involves collection and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data regarding student experiences, performance and engagement in science education from elementary school through graduate school. He teach courses in secondary science methods and graduate seminars at the School of Education at Indiana University around ... Read more

Flávio Azevedo is an Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction at University of Texas, Austin whose research is grounded in the learning and cognitive sciences and it is organized into three intersecting strands-the nature of STEM interests and interest-driven participation, learning out of schools, and foundations of cognition and learning in STEM disciplines. Watch ... Read more

Janet Yang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University at Buffalo whose research centers on the communication of risk information related to science, health, and environmental issues. She is particularly interested in how cognitive and affective evaluations of risk influence individuals’ decision making. You can watch this short video or ... Read more

Julia Metag is the Professor for Communication Science at the Department of Communication, University of Muenster. We interviewed Julia Metang when was Chair of Communication Science at the University of Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland. Her work focuses on political communication, science communication and media effects. Watch the short video, download the full transcript, and get ... Read more

Nancy Staus is a Senior Research Associate at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Her research focuses such areas of science education as the role of emotion in science learning, STEM learning in informal environments, and STEM interest development during adolescence. You can watch this short video, download the full transcript, and get highlights from ... Read more

Nichole Pinkard is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, and Faculty Director of the Office of Community Education Partnerships. She is the founder of Digital Youth Network. Her research interests include the design and use of pedagogical-based social networks and socio-technical systems to support ... Read more

Preeti Gupta is the Director for Youth Learning and Research at at the American Museum of Natural History, where she is responsible for strategic planning,program development and research and evaluation for out of school time youth initiatives. Her research interests are focused on the trajectories of youth’s experiences with science in and out of school ... Read more

Rena Dorph is the Director of the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked in the field of educational research and evaluation for over 20 years, and her research has focused on the relationship between learning experiences and outcomes, paying consistent attention to issues of equity, access, and impact. ... Read more

Robert Tai is an Associate Professor of Science Education at the Curry School of Education in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education. He currently teaches courses on the Teaching of Elementary Science, Conceptual Change, and Review of Mathematics and Science Education Policy. “When we start looking at engaging we’re trying to engage kids ... Read more

Scott Pattison is a Research Scientist with Cambridge, Massachusetts-based TERC (Technical Education Research Centers) who has been studying and supporting STEM education and learning since 2003, as an educator, program and exhibit developer, evaluator, and researcher. You can watch this short video, download the full transcript, and get highlights from the interview below. “Interest is ... Read more

This Knowledge Base article was written collaboratively with contributions from Grace Troxel and CAISE Admin. This article was migrated from a previous version of the Knowledge Base. The date stamp does not reflect the original publication date. Overview  Fostering interest has long been an objective in the design of informal science education (Bell et al., 2009). ... Read more

The following international resources for Public Engagement with Science (PES) were shared as part of the July 2011 CAISE STEM Media Convening in Washington, D.C. National Strategies Inspiring Australia China: Outline of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy (2006-2010-2020). Science for All:The Science for All Expert Group has developed an action plan, in discussion with ... Read more

Experience bold education innovation at the edtech event of the year! Learn during 1,000+ sessions that will prepare you to help students thrive in the age of AI. ISTELive 25 will offer varied content experiences, from hands-on interactive programming to listen-and-learn sessions to immersive demos in the expo hall, and some select in-person only content ... Read more

Job Summary: Under direct supervision, deliver visitor programming at a variety of venues throughout the Aquarium

Job Summary: Under direct supervision, deliver visitor programming at a variety of venues throughout and beyond the Aquarium

About the Author: Laura Bartock is the Community Science Fellow at the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC). ASTC’s Community Science Initiative is comprised of several new and interlinked philanthropically-funded programs to connect and support members in building capacity for their own community science work. CAISE is funded by a cooperative agreement between the National Science Foundation and ASTC.   As ... Read more

Within the field of evaluation, there are a limited number of places where evaluators can share their reports. We are fortunate that one such resource exists in the informal learning community − informalscience.org. Informalscience.org provides evaluators access to a rich collection of reports they can use to inform their practice and learn about a wide ... Read more

CAISE has been newly charged with finding potential synergies and connections between the fields of informal science education (ISE) and science communication (SciComm). The need to strengthen, and even re-think, efforts to broaden participation in STEM is central to both fields, so CAISE has formed a task force comprised of 15 experts in both communities to ... Read more