Informal Science Education Landscape: A Preliminary Investigation.

摘要

The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the Centefor the Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE), designed to create mechanisms to facilitate participation in, and leadership within, the free-choice STEM learning community. This research study, conducted by Oregon State University, onethe Co-PI organizations helping to lead CAISE, is an initial effort to explore and document the current “landscape” of the informal science education community. Our goal in this study was to identify areas where CAISE can most strategically providesupport for community-building and foster communication among the diverse universe oorganizations involved with informal science education.