Studying and Improving Networks for Disseminating STEM Educational Materials in After-School Programs

研究和改进课后项目中传播 STEM 教材的网络

• 批准号: 0917536
• 负责人: Barbara Means
• 金额: $ 247.69万
• 依托单位: SRI International
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0917536&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Studying; Improving; Networks; Disseminating; STEM

DRL - 0917536 Studying and Improving Networks for Disseminating STEM Education Means, Barbara M. SRI InternationalPROJECT SUMMARYThe intent of this project is to use social network methods to study networks of afterschool and informal science stakeholders. It would attempt to create knowledge that improves afterschool programs access to informal science learning materials. This is an applied research study that applies research methods to improving access to and enactment of informal science education programs across a range of settings. The investigators plan to collect data from 600 community- and afterschool programs in California, conduct case studies of 10 of these programs, and conduct surveys of supporting intermediary organizations. The analysis of the data will provide descriptions of the duration, intensity, and nature of the networks among afterschool programs and intermediary agencies, and the diffusion patterns of science learning materials in afterschool programs. The project will yield actionable knowledge that will be disseminated among afterschool programs, intermediary organizations, funding agencies, and policymakers to improve the dissemination and support of afterschool science learning opportunities. The project is focused on free-choice settings where every day the largest numbers of children attend afterschool programs at schools and in other community settings. It seeks information about what conditions are necessary for informal science programs to significantly impact the largest possible number of children in these settings.

0917536研究和改善传播STEM教育手段的网络，Barbara M.SRI国际项目总结本项目的目的是使用社会网络方法来研究课后和非正式科学利益相关者的网络。它将试图创造知识，改善课外项目获得非正式科学学习材料的机会。这是一项应用研究研究，运用研究方法在各种环境中改善非正式科学教育方案的获取和实施。调查人员计划从加州的600个社区和课外项目收集数据，对其中10个项目进行案例研究，并对支持中介组织进行调查。对数据的分析将提供课外项目和中介机构之间网络的持续时间、强度和性质的描述，以及课外项目中科学学习材料的传播模式。该项目将产生可操作的知识，这些知识将在课外项目、中介组织、资助机构和政策制定者中传播，以改善课后科学学习机会的传播和支持。该项目的重点是自由选择环境，每天有最多的儿童参加学校和其他社区的课后计划。它寻求关于非正式科学计划需要哪些条件才能显著影响这些环境中尽可能多的儿童的信息。