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18.045 - Science Capital => STEM Capitxl: Practicing Theory in a Science Museum Youth Informal Learning Program
Fri, April 5, 2:25 to 3:55pm, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Floor: 800 Level, Room 801BSession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
Responding to the call to “leverage education research... through multimodal narratives to democratize evidence,” this session brings together 12 unique research studies that examine STEM learning in informal environments. The studies use a variety of quantitative and qualitative approaches to examine how different environments promote conceptual learning, interest development, and equity. By examining different environments as well as different agents (e.g. museum educators; library patrons; practicing professionals; families and youth), the compilation of these 12 individual studies help us to connect fundamental principles of learning that cross settings and agents and to contribute to our understanding of learning in informal environments. In addition to bringing together epistemological and methodological approaches, this session highlights the work of early-career researchers.
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1. Professional Engineering Organizations as Critical Informal Learning Environments for Latinas in STEM - Emily Tancredi-Brice Agbenyega, LaGuardia Community College
2. "Making a Way Out of No Way": Women's Making Practices in a Public Library Makerspace - Rebecca M Teasdale, University of Illinois at Chicago
3. Connecting Enthusiasm and Situational Interest in an Informal Learning Environment - ChangChia James Liu, New York Hall of Science
4. Creating Learning Experiences That Promote Informal Science Education: Designing Interactive Zoo Exhibits Through Action Research - Peter John Kalenda, College at Brockport - SUNY
5. Critical Youth Participatory Explorations of STEM Pathways - Day W Greenberg, Michigan State University
6. Open Floor Planning: Organizing Families' Sociotechnical Practices in Home Learning Environments - Deborah Silvis, SUNY - College at Cortland
7. R3: Ruptures, Repairs, and Reconfigurations Within Family Design Trajectories - Don LaBonte, University of Washington - Seattle
8. Learning Ecology Mapping of Computational Thinking Resources in Elementary School - Rose K. Pozos, Stanford University
9. Beyond the Child: The Impacts of Family STEM Programs on Siblings and Parents - Megan Ennes, North Carolina State University
10. New Science, New Media, New Engagement: Scientist-Driven Public Engagement Programming With the Dark Energy Survey - Rachel Wolf, Stanford University
11. "Technically, He Shouldn't Be Here": A Teen Makerspace Makes Space for Legends - Virginia Killian Lund, University of Illinois at Chicago
12. Science Capital => Science Capitxl: Practicing Theory in a Science Museum Youth Informal Learning Program - Shannon McManimon, SUNY - College at New Paltz