SUCCESSFUL OUT-OF-SCHOOL STEM LEARNING: A CONSENSUS STUDY

美国国家研究委员会（NRC）科学教育委员会将成立一个专家研究委员会，根据成功实践的证据，编写一份报告，确定校外STEM学习成功的标准。委员会将通过委托撰写的论文和为期两天的探讨现有证据的公开研讨会了解情况。该报告将面向决策者、资助者、非营利组织和私营企业代表以及公民社会的其他代表。该报告的主要目标是帮助这些受众更好地理解和更战略性地支持校外STEM教育投资，并鼓励建立伙伴关系，促进校外STEM学习与校本学习的联系。本研究补充了NRC为制作成功的K-12 STEM教育报告所做的工作，并建立在之前的NRC研究的基础上，特别是在非正式环境中学习科学，被科学和教育包围的工作和生活：在21世纪发展可转移的知识和技能。

The National Research Council's (NRC) Board on Science Education will identify an expert study committee to develop a report identifying the criteria for successful out-of-school STEM learning based on evidence from successful practice. The committee will be informed by commissioned papers and by a 2-day public workshop that explores the current evidence. The report will be written for policy-makers, funders, non-profit and private industry representatives, and other representatives from civic society. The primary goal of the report will be to help these audiences better understand and more strategically support investments in out-of-school STEM education, and to encourage partnerships that promote the linking of out-of-school STEM learning to school-based learning.This study complements the NRC work done to produce the Successful K-12 STEM Education report and builds from prior NRC studies, especially Learning Science in Informal Environments, Surrounded by Science and Education for Work and Life: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century.