Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education: Investigating the Long Term Impact of a Science Center on Its Community

小学、中学和非正式教育：调查科学中心对其社区的长期影响

• 批准号: 0125545
• 负责人: John Falk
• 金额: $ 16.24万
• 依托单位: Institute for Learning Innovation Incorporated
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-04-01 至 2004-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0125545&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Elementary; Secondary; Informal; Education; Investigating

The goal of this project is to make a fundamental contribution towards a nationally shared understanding of the role and impact of a science center in facilitating enhanced public understanding, attitudes and behaviors toward science by means of informal learning activities. To accomplish this, this research project will investigate the following questions: 1) What are the specific long-term changes in science understanding, attitudes and behaviors that result from visiting a science center exhibition? 2) What are the factors that contribute to these long-term changes? 3) What is the relationship between science center visits and subsequent reinforcing educational experiences? This study will build on previous work conducted by ILI at the California Science Center aimed at understanding how a science center impacts its community. These studies are known collectively as the Los Angeles Science Education Research Project (LASER). A sample of participants in one of the LASER studies has expressed their willingness to participate in subsequent interviews. These interviews will be designed to capture both small and large changes in science understanding, attitudes, behaviors and other informal learning experiences subsequent to the visit to the science center.

该项目的目标是通过非正式学习活动，为全国共同理解科学中心在促进公众对科学的理解、态度和行为方面的作用和影响做出根本性贡献。 为了实现这一点，本研究项目将调查以下问题：1）参观科学中心展览会导致科学理解，态度和行为的具体长期变化是什么？ 2)是什么因素促成了这些长期变化？ 3)参观科学中心与后续强化教育体验之间的关系是什么？ 这项研究将建立在ILI在加州科学中心进行的先前工作的基础上，旨在了解科学中心如何影响其社区。 这些研究被统称为洛杉矶科学教育研究项目（LASER）。 LASER研究中的一个样本参与者表示愿意参加随后的访谈。 这些访谈将被设计为捕捉在科学理解，态度，行为和其他非正式的学习经验后，访问科学中心的小和大的变化。