Center For The Advancement Of Informal Science Education Renewal

非正式科学教育促进中心（CAISE）是科学技术中心协会与匹兹堡大学校外环境学习中心、俄勒冈州立大学、明尼苏达科学博物馆、游客研究协会、KQED公共媒体、顾问和其他合作者的教师和专业人员的合作伙伴关系，与美国国家科学基金会达成合作协议。CAISE致力于支持国家科学基金会对国家非正式科学技术工程和数学（STEM）教育基础设施的持续改进和投资。CAISE正在建设能力并支持该领域的持续专业化，培养一个实践社区，将多种不同形式的非正式STEM经验开发和提供给所有年龄段的学习者。为此，CAISE的活动还包括：创建关于非正式STEM教育影响的实地证据数据库；促进数据库的联合搜索；促进对该领域重要学习研究议程的讨论；促进学习研究与实践之间的知识转移；努力改进评估知识和流程；并帮助STEM研究人员提高他们在非正式STEM教育和交流方面的努力。对于主要研究者（pi）和潜在的pi， CAISE提供资源，帮助他们发展基于证据的想法和建议。它还通过PI会议、通信和其他鼓励跨项目共享可交付成果、实践和发现的方法催化和加强网络。对于国家科学基金会的ISE项目，CAISE协助项目官员了解奖项组合，确定投资组合在关键领域的影响，并整合项目在教育基础设施方面的投资。

The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE), a cooperative agreement with NSF, is a partnership of the Association of Science-Technology Centers with faculty and professionals from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments, Oregon State University, Science Museum of Minnesota, Visitor Studies Association, KQED Public Media, Advisors and other collaborators. CAISE is working to support ongoing improvement of, and NSF investments in, the national infrastructure for informal Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. CAISE is building capacity and supporting continued professionalization for the field, fostering a community of practice that bridges the many varied forms in which informal STEM experiences are developed and delivered for learners of all ages. To that end, CAISE activities are also: creating field-driven evidence databases about the impacts of informal STEM education; facilitating federated searches of databases; stimulating discussions about important learning research agendas for the field; furthering knowledge transfer between learning research and practice; working to improve evaluation knowledge and processes; and helping STEM researchers improve their efforts in informal STEM education and communication. For Principal Investigators (PIs) and potential PIs, CAISE provides resources that help them as they develop evidence-based ideas and proposals. It also catalyzes and strengthens networks through PI meetings, communications, and other methods that encourage sharing of deliverables, practices, and findings across projects. For the ISE Program at NSF, CAISE is assisting Program Officers in understanding the portfolio of awards, identifying the portfolio's impacts in key areas, and integrating the program's investments in education infrastructure.