Conference, Symposia, and Workshop: Engaging the Science Center Community in Defining and Utilizing Impact Metrics

会议、研讨会和研讨会：让科学中心社区参与定义和利用影响力指标

• 批准号: 1451053
• 负责人: John Falk
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1451053&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Symposia; Workshop; Engaging; Science

A growing body of research suggests that many types of institutions and experiences contribute to science and technology learning by the public. These include the formal education system, libraries, science centers, citizen science, after school programs, television programs, film and video, newspapers, radio, books and magazines, the internet, community and health organizations, environmental organizations, and conversations with friends and family. It is also important that research about who learns and how they learn from these institutions and experiences is informed by and discussed within the communities themselves. This project focuses specifically on STEM learning in interactive science centers. It invites science center professionals from around the country to contribute to and share findings from an on-going research study designed to better understand the influence that interactive science centers have on youth and adult's long-term understanding, interest and engagement with science and technology. The pair of workshops supported by this grant will engage science center administrators, educators, exhibition and program designers, evaluators and researchers in two sets of tasks. The first workshop, held prior to the start of the larger research project, will examine and focus the research's overall goals and help frame a set of specific research questions. Although no research study can answer all important issues, the goal of the workshop is to ensure that the planned investigation attempts to address the issues and outcomes considered most critical to the broader science center community. The second workshop will occur after completion of all data collection and initial data analysis. It will engage a broad cross-section of the science center community in discussing findings, brainstormind implications and usage, and developing dissemination strategies to insure that the findings of the research reach the broader science center and policy communities. The goal of these workshops is to use the collective wisdom of dozens of active professionals from across the country to develop a suite of strategies for grounding research in practice, incorporating research results into practice as well as bringing important research findings to a broader national audience.

越来越多的研究表明，许多类型的机构和经验为公众的科学和技术学习做出了贡献。其中包括正规教育系统，图书馆，科学中心，公民科学，课后课程，电视节目，电影和视频，报纸，广播，书籍和杂志，互联网，社区和卫生组织，环境组织，与朋友和家人的对话。同样重要的是，在社区本身中，对他们学习以及如何从这些机构和经验中学习的研究以及如何从这些机构和经验中学习。该项目专门针对交互式科学中心的STEM学习。它邀请来自全国各地的科学中心专业人士为正在进行的研究研究结果做出贡献和分享，旨在更好地了解互动科学中心对青年和成人长期理解，兴趣和对科学技术的兴趣和参与的影响。这项赠款支持的一对讲习班将与科学中心的管理人员，教育工作者，展览和计划设计师，评估人员和研究人员一起参与两组任务。在较大的研究项目开始之前举行的第一个研讨会将研究并集中研究的总体目标并帮助构成一系列特定的研究问题。尽管没有研究能够回答所有重要问题，但研讨会的目的是确保计划的调查试图解决问题和结果对更广泛的科学中心社区最重要的结果。第二个研讨会将在完成所有数据收集和初始数据分析后进行。它将参与科学中心社区的广泛横截面，讨论发现，头脑风暴的意义和使用，并制定传播策略，以确保研究结果达到更广泛的科学中心和政策社区。这些研讨会的目的是利用来自全国各地的数十名活跃专业人员的集体智慧，以制定一系列在实践中进行研究的策略，将研究结果纳入实践，并将重要的研究结果纳入更广泛的国家受众。