Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Moving beyond outcome-based evaluation in education

Keywords:
Evaluation, Museums

Themes:
Research, Method, and Theory, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Museum educators learn by doing

Keywords:
Explainers/Docents, Inquiry, Professional Development

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings, Teaching Strategies and Teacher PD

Museum visits as part of teaching sequences

Keywords:
Museums, Teaching

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Museums less influential than Internet on civic science literacy

Keywords:
Museums, Participation, Science in Society, Technology, Visitors

Themes:
Educational Equity and Inclusion, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

New York develops an afterschool quality framework and assessment tool

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, Evaluation

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Optimizing school group visits in museums: Findings from a research-informed experimental program

Keywords:
Explainers/Docents, Field Trips, Interest, Museums

Themes:
Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Relating Formal and Informal Learning, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Parent-child interactions influenced by types of activity

Keywords:
Exhibits, Families, Museums

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Partnerships are a key support for afterschool science

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, NSF-Funded

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Planetarium professionals teach interactively to achieve their goals

Keywords:
Field Trips, Learning Science, Teaching

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Preservice teachers learn to teach science in summer camp

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, Elementary school, Identity, Teaching

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Prior experiences shape families’ conversations and science learning

Keywords:
Everyday Experiences, Families, Learning Science

Themes:
Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Recommendations for training guides, explainers and scientists for communicating STEM to the public

Keywords:
Explainers/Docents, Professional Development

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings, Teaching Strategies and Teacher PD

Redistributing roles, distributing cognition

Keywords:
NSF-Funded, Scientific Practices, Sociocultural, Theory

Themes:
STEM Learning through Digital & Visual Media, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Relevance as Rigor

Keywords:
Theory

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Researcher-teacher co-design: Can it work?

Keywords:
Professional Development, Program Design, Science in Society

Themes:
Engaging Learners with Scientific Practices, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings, Teaching Strategies and Teacher PD, Youth and STEM Learning