Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Rethinking the pipeline to engage all students in science education

Keywords:
Activism, Argumentation, Everyday Experiences, Interest, Science in Society

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

Science learning is linked to motivations for adult museum visitors

Keywords:
Identity, Motivation, Museums, NSF-Funded

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

Science museums, science centers, zoos, aquariums: Different but the same

Keywords:
Exhibits, Learning Across Settings, Museums, Visitors, Zoos

Themes:
Engaging Learners with Scientific Practices, Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Science reasoning at touch tanks: An unexpected opportunity

Keywords:
Argumentation, Exhibits, Families, Program Design, Scientific Practices, Scientific Reasoning

Themes:
Engaging Learners with Scientific Practices, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Situational interests triggered by field trips

Keywords:
Field Trips, Interest, Museums

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Student views of an out-of-school, university lab science enrichment programme

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, Identity, Inquiry, Program Design

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

Taking photographs may hinder memory in museums

Keywords:
Everyday Experiences, Museums, Participation, Technology

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

Teaching families the skills of inquiry

Keywords:
Exhibits, Explainers/Docents, Families, Inquiry, Museums, NSF-Funded, Questioning Strategies

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

The benefits of fieldwork

Keywords:
Career, Field Trips, Interest, Program Design

Themes:
Engaging Learners with Scientific Practices, Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Relating Formal and Informal Learning, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

The effect of science museums on academic achievement

Keywords:
Interest, Learning Science, Motivation, Museums, Youth Engagement

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

Trade-offs between instruction and exploration with interactive objects

Keywords:
Exhibits, Museums, NSF-Funded, Program Design, Visitors

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Using a persuasive communication approach to change behaviour of visitors

Keywords:
Environmental Awareness, Visitors, Zoos

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Using stories to teach about science: Is it ethical?

Keywords:
Exhibits, Explainers/Docents, Museums, Narrative

Themes:
Communicating Climate Change, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

What counts as learning when researchers and practitioners work together

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, Interest, Learning Across Settings

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

What makes public lectures effective?

Keywords:
Discourse, Narrative, Participation

Themes:
Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings