Conference Grant: Informal Science for Latinos

自力更生基金会将举办一次会议，其总体目标是为发展战略伙伴关系奠定基础，使拉丁美洲受众参与全国非正式科学机构领导的非正式科学学习。拉丁裔人数超过4200万，是美国最大的少数民族/种族群体;近年来，每两个新美国人中就有一个是拉丁裔。正式和非正式的教育机会没有跟上步伐。拉丁裔学生在数学和科学成绩测试中的得分低于全国平均水平，入学水平不成比例地低，在本科和研究生科学和工程课程中的代表性不足。拉丁裔家庭在参观科学中心和其他类似机构的人中代表性不足。拉丁裔学生在课外活动中的入学率不足。没有西班牙语的NPR或PBS;西班牙语媒体上几乎没有科学，包括广播，电视和报纸。会议将汇集非正式的科学机构和科学研究组织与西班牙裔组织，媒体和教育项目一起审查目前的伊势资源，确定需求和差距，了解设计文化有效的计划和资源的最佳实践，并制定新的战略和资源，以丰富非正式的科学学习环境拉丁美洲人。

The Self-Reliance Foundation will develop a conference that has the overarching goal of laying the groundwork for the development of strategic partnerships for involving Latino audiences in informal science learning, led by informal science institutions nationwide. Numbering over 42 million, Latinos are now the largest ethnic/racial minority group in America; in recent years, 1 of every 2 new Americans has been Latino. Educational opportunities, formal and informal, are not keeping pace. Latino students score lower on math and science achievement tests than national averages, enroll at disproportionately lower levels, and are underrepresented in undergraduate and graduate science and engineering programs. Latino families are under-represented among those who visit science centers and other like institutions. Latino students are under-enrolled in after-school programs. There is no Spanish-language NPR or PBS; there is little science available on Spanish-language media, including radio, television, and newspapers. The conference will bring together informal science institutions and science research organizations together with Hispanic organizations, media, and educational projects to review current ISE resources, identify needs and gaps, learn about best practices in designing culturally effective programs and resources, and develop new strategies and resources to enrich the informal science learning environment for Latinos.