Center For The Advancement Of Informal Science Education Renewal

非正式科学教育更新促进中心

• 批准号: 1212803
• 负责人: James Bell
• 金额: $ 324.65万
• 依托单位: Association of Science-Technology Centers
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-15 至 2016-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1212803&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Center; Advancement; Informal; Science; Education

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.

该中心促进非正式科学教育（CAISE），与美国国家科学基金会的合作协议，是科学技术中心协会与教师和专业人士从匹兹堡大学校外环境学习中心，俄勒冈州州立大学，明尼苏达科学博物馆，游客研究协会，KQED公共媒体，顾问和其他合作伙伴的伙伴关系。 CAISE正在努力支持持续改进和NSF投资于非正式科学技术工程和数学（STEM）教育的国家基础设施。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，将为所有年龄段的学习者开发和提供非正式STEM经验的多种形式联系起来。 为此，CAISE的活动还包括：创建关于非正式STEM教育影响的现场驱动证据数据库;促进数据库的联合搜索;激发关于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;努力改善评估知识和流程;帮助STEM研究人员改善他们在非正式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，帮助他们制定基于证据的想法和建议。 它还通过参与者会议、交流和其他方法促进和加强网络，鼓励在项目间分享可交付成果、实践和成果。对于NSF的伊势计划，CAISE正在协助计划官员了解奖励组合，确定组合在关键领域的影响，并整合该计划在教育基础设施方面的投资。