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Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships for Developing and Assessing Informal STEM Learning Experiences
Mon, April 12, 2:50 to 4:20pm EDT (2:50 to 4:20pm EDT), SIG Sessions, SIG-Learning Sciences Structured Poster SessionSession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
In this session we reflect upon opportunities and challenges in designing and assessing informal STEM learning experiences developed through partnerships between researchers and organizations that create and support informal learning. We bring together a diverse collection of scholars, museum practitioners, program directors, and evaluators to address two queries: 1) What are the innovative and socially conscious ways that STEM learning has been cultivated in informal learning spaces through researcher-practitioner partnerships (RPPs), and 2) What are the different strategies, tools, and methods that are effective for facilitating RPPs for informal learning design? Our overarching aim is to explore the ways that researchers and practitioners can work synergistically in accepting educational responsibility when it comes to inclusive and equitable informal learning designs.
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Chairs
Robb Lindgren, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zayba Ghazali-Mohammed, University of Edinburgh
Papers
Cautious Collaboration to Perfect Partnership: An Account of a Successful Stakeholder-Academic Engagement - Zayba Ghazali-Mohammed, University of Edinburgh; Susan Meikleham, Glasgow Science Centre; Sharon Macnab, Glasgow Science Centre; Andrew Manches, University of Edinburgh
Developing Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Libraries for STEM Learning - Jason Yip, University of Washington - Seattle
Embodying Science Through Outdoor Learning Activities - Rhiannon Thomas Jha, University College London; Allison Motion, Learning through Landscapes; Sara Price, University College London
Science, Identity, and Science Identity: Unpacking Science Experience GOALS for Girls, Trans, and Nonbinary Youth - Christopher Jadallah, University of California - Davis; Kaitlyn Murray, University of California - Davis; Cynthia Carter Ching, University of California - Davis; Maria Ospina, University of California - Davis; Sarah Abusaa, University of California - Davis; Jenna Turpin, University of California - Davis; Alycia Drwencke, University of California - Davis; Emily Pascoe, University of California - Davis
Benefits and Challenges Associated With Building Cohesive Researcher/Practitioner Partnerships Between Universities and Informal Educational Settings - Cathy Ringstaff, WestEd; Judy Brown, Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science; Cheryl Juarez, Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
energIze the Researcher-Practitioner Partnership: A Successful Collaboration to Design an Engaging Full-Body Collaborative Exhibit Around Energy - Robb Lindgren, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; James P Planey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kathryn Quigley, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California - Berkeley
Framing and Scaffolding Learners in Science Museums: Views From a Research Practice Partnership - Pratim Sengupta, University of Calgary; Basak Helvaci Ozacar, University of Calgary; Stephanie Hladik, University of Colorado - Boulder; Marie-Claire Shanahan, University of Calgary
Family Learning and Sense-Making in Astronomy: University-Museum-Library Partnership - Heather Toomey Zimmerman, The Pennsylvania State University; Michele Crowl, Discovery Space of Central PA; Jennifer L Scudder, The Pennsylvania State University
Learning Together to Assess the Impact of Embodied Interactions in an Immersive Digital Exhibit Environment - H. Chad Lane, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ross Toedte, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Judy Brown, Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science; Cheryl Juarez, Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
From Integrated Making to Integrating Expertise: Reflecting on an Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Around Tangible and Embodied STEAM - Gabriela T. Richard, The Pennsylvania State University
Meta-Reflection on Contextual Differences in Research-Museum Partnerships: Lessons Learned From Two Science Museums - Catherine Louise Dornfeld Tissenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Conjecture Mapping as a Critical Step in Research-Practitioner Collaboration - Susan Foutz, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis; H. Chad Lane, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign