International Conference: The Integration of Science Centres with Natural History Museums for Imparting Informal Education

国际会议：科学中心与自然历史博物馆的整合以进行非正式教育

• 批准号: 1724213
• 负责人: John Falk
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: Institute for Learning Innovation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-03-15 至 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1724213&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Conference; Integration; Science; Centres

Supporting and sustaining public science literacy and engagement are important goals of informal science education institutions worldwide. Although there is evidence that both science centers and natural history museums positively influence public science literacy and engagement, significant differences exist between these two types of institutions. This international workshop on Integration of Science Centers with Natural History Museums for Imparting Informal Education addresses this issue by convening key science center and natural history museum professionals from 9 countries in South and Southeast Asia, as well as the United States, to explore the strengths and limitations of the assets, philosophies and strategies of these institutions. Beyond the benefits science center and natural history museum professionals attending will receive, the effort will significantly contribute to the broader US and international conversation about the future of science centers and natural history museums, as well as other museum-like, science-rich informal education institutions, in these regions and beyond. In particular, supporting personal and cultural relevance has been a major focus of informal science education organizations globally, and the recommendations that emerge from the meeting will significantly contribute to this dialogue and help to make advances in the disciplinary field of informal science education.This international workshop, hosted in Malaysia and facilitated by researchers from the Institute for Learning Innovation, convenes 40 science center and natural history museum professionals to explore the affordances and constraints of science centers and natural history museum exhibitions, programs, outreach efforts, websites, etc. The conference is designed to examine the opportunities, challenges and barriers to integrating key design principles that blend the best of science centers and natural history museums, while guiding the creation of new forms of 21st century informal science education institutions. Additional goals explore how to make informal science education institutions in general more relevant to 21st century publics, both culturally and personally, as well as foster intra- and international collaborations between science center and natural history museum professionals. Toward these ends, all conference participants will commit to the completion of pre-conference assignments; active preparation and involvement at the meeting; and, assistance with the dissemination of project findings. The major deliverable will be a Whitepaper describing the outcomes of the meeting and the key design principles that leverage the effectiveness and relevance of each of these institutions. The Whitepaper will be produced in both hard copy and electronic form and more broadly disseminated throughout the natural history museum and science center fields in all participating countries. The electronic form will be hosted and available for download through the website of the Institute for Learning Innovation and the Center for Advancing Informal Science Education (CAISE) with links to all participating institutions. This project is supported jointly by the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) and the Advances in Informal STEM Education (AISL) program.

支持和维持公共科学素养和参与是全球非正式科学教育机构的重要目标。尽管有证据表明科学中心和自然历史博物馆都积极影响公共科学素养和参与度，但这两种类型的机构之间存在显着差异。这个关于科学中心与自然历史博物馆融合非正式教育的国际研讨会通过召集来自南亚和东南亚9个国家以及美国的主要科学中心和自然历史博物馆专业人员以及美国的自然历史博物馆专业人员解决此问题，以探索这些机构的资产，理念和策略的优势和限制。除了福利科学中心和自然历史博物馆的专业人员将获得的福利外，这项工作还将为有关科学中心和自然历史博物馆的未来以及其他博物馆，像科学丰富的非正式教育机构，这些地区及其他地区的其他博物馆一样，为广泛的美国和国际对话做出重大贡献。 In particular, supporting personal and cultural relevance has been a major focus of informal science education organizations globally, and the recommendations that emerge from the meeting will significantly contribute to this dialogue and help to make advances in the disciplinary field of informal science education.This international workshop, hosted in Malaysia and facilitated by researchers from the Institute for Learning Innovation, convenes 40 science center and natural history museum professionals to explore the affordances and constraints of科学中心和自然历史博物馆的展览，节目，外展工作，网站等。会议旨在研究整合关键设计原则的机遇，挑战和障碍，以融合科学中心和自然历史博物馆，同时指导新形式的21世纪非正式科学教育机构。其他目标探讨了如何使非正式的科学教育机构一般与21世纪公众更加相关，无论是在文化和个人上，以及促进科学中心与自然历史博物馆专业人士之间的内部和国际合作。为了这些目的，所有会议参与者都将致力于完成会议前任务；积极准备和参与会议；并且，协助项目调查结果传播。主要的可交付方式将是一份白皮书，描述了会议的结果以及利用这些机构中每个机构的有效性和相关性的关键设计原则。白皮书将以纸质和电子形式生产，并在所有参与国家的自然历史博物馆和科学中心领域中更广泛地传播。电子表格将托管并可通过学习创新研究所的网站和前进的非正式科学教育中心（CAISE）下载，并链接到所有参与机构。 NSF国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）共同支持该项目，以及非正式STEM教育（AISL）计划的进步。