Important Parameters in Designing and Presenting Exhibits and Planetarium Programs in Science Centers : A Visitor-Based Framework

This dissertation proposes an initial framework for designing and presenting exhibits in science centers and to recommend methods for improving the educational role of planetariums in science centers.

Environmental science centers at institutions of higher education; a survey prepared for the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-first Congress, first session.

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Current Science in Museums and Science Centers

Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Solar energy studies and extramural learning

Extramural learning refers to the educational process that takes place outside the walls of the school (or the university). Extramural learning that takes place in a science center is characterized by hands-on and interactivity. Interactive solar energy exhibits are particularly well suited for out-door science centers. The paper presents some solar energy hands-on exhibits and extramural activities that the author has initiated and participated in.

Extramuralt lärande i forskarmiljö : Gymnasieforskarskola för klasser inom NV-programmen

Kan det vara så att extramuralt lärande i forskarmiljö för elever vid gymnasiets naturvetenskapliga program kan öka motivationen till vidare studier inom naturvetenskap? Extramuralt lärande innebär allt lärande som sker under aktiviteter utanför skolan. Jag har i den här studien följt och intervjuat en klass i åk 2 som tillbringat en vecka på forskarskola i Garpenberg. En av frågorna i denna studie var om arbetssättet påverkat dem, och i så fall hur, om det har lockat eller avskräckt? Resultatet visar att alla elever i den här studien tyckte att forskarveckan var rolig och intressant. Ungefär 80% hade redan innan bestämt sig för att läsa vidare, men ca 45% ansåg att deras motivation till att läsa vidare hade ökat i och med forskarskolan. Höstens resultat ligger lite över genomsnittet som visar att ca 31% av gymnasieeleverna som under de sex åren som forskarskolan funnits har upplevt en ökad studiemotivation. En internationell studie från England inom extramuralt lärande visar på att många elever tycker att skolundervisningen är tråkig, irrelevant och för gammal och att den har en design som endast tilltalat ett fåtal elever. Däremot tycker eleverna att extramuralt lärande vid s k Science centers, botaniska trädgårdar och museum m fl presenterar vetenskapen på ett intressant och inspirerande sätt. Jag försöker i den här studien att se lärandet ur ett sociokulturellt perspektiv samt dra paralleller mellan tidigare studier om Science centers och min undersökning om forskarskolan som båda erbjuder extramuralt lärande. Jag anser dock att forskarskolan gör det lite mer konkret eftersom eleverna får genomföra ett projekt som de sedan redovisar inför alla forskare och övriga elever. Upplägget för ett besök på ett museum eller vetenskapscentra ser lite annorlunda ut. De allra flesta eleverna i studien insåg nyttan med att läsa ämnen som matematik, fysik, kemi och biologi, och de tyckte att arbetsformen att kombinera fältstudier med teori och laboratorieverksamhet var mycket givande. Eleverna ansåg att de under forskarskolan fått en inblick i hur det kan vara att arbeta som forskare men det var endast en elev som kunde tänka sig det yrket i framtiden. Studiens resultat gäller endast för de elever som deltagit i enkätundersökningen och kan inte sägas vara generaliserbart för alla elever på gymnasiets NV-program.

Formação e atuação de monitores de visitas escolares de um centro de ciências: saberes e prática reflexiva

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Formação docente & Centro de Ciências: estudo sobre uma experiência de formação continuada de professores de química

Pós-graduação em Educação para a Ciência - FC

O ensino de Física e os museus de ciência

Based on the ideas of Gaspar and Marandino, discuss the teaching of physics through Museums and Science Centers, drawing on ideas such as: Scientific Literacy, Informal Education and Zone of Proximal Development. We visited and analyzed the museums: Museum of Energy Rio Claro - Mill Park Corumbataí, Catavento Culture and Education - Social Organization of Culture, Centre for Scientific and Cultural (CDCC) and Studies Center of the Universe - CEU. Point out elements of these museums that benefit the formal teaching of physics in schools, as well as positive elements of schooling that maximize the experience of museum visits

Mediadores de Centros de Ciências e os seus papéis durante as visitas escolares

In the present paper, it is presented a general view about who they are and the activities science centers and museums mediators develop. The literature points out to the diverse roles attributed to these actors and that the presence of this type of professional is a consolidated practice in non-formal educational institutions. Data obtained among the mediators of a science center during mediated school visits are also presented and discussed, focusing in the role attributed to these professionals, with the objective of characterizing their actions during these visits. The data obtained and analyzed showed that during school visits, the roles that are attributed to the mediators are: (a) mediation of the knowledge involved in the expositions; (b) explanation of the scientific concepts involved in the expositions; (c) presentation of the thematic spaces; (d) reception and organization of groups of visitors; (e) preservation of the physical and moral integrity of the visitors, and the integrity of the physical spaces and their equipments; (f) complementation of the school knowledge, and (g) diffusion of the scientific knowledge.

Ensino e aprendizagem de Biologia em trilhas interpretativas: o modelo contextual do aprendizado como referencial

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A interação museu-escola sob o referencial teórico metodológico das ilhas interdisciplinares de racionalidade

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Difficulties of turkish science gifted teachers : institutions of Science and Art Centers. 'Dificultades de los profesores de ciencias turcos de niños bien dotados : los Centros de Ciencia y Arte'.

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The Survivability of Swedish Emergency Management Related Research Centers and Academic Programs : A Preliminary Sociology of Science Analysis

The Survivability of Swedish Emergency Management Related Research Centers and Academic Programs: A Preliminary Sociology of Science Analysis Despite being a relatively safe nation, Sweden has four different universities supporting four emergency management research centers and an equal and growing number of academic programs. In this paper, I discuss how these centers and programs survive within the current organizational environment. The sociology of science or the sociology of scientific knowledge perspectives should provide a theoretical guide. Yet, scholars of these perspectives have produced no research on these related topics. Thus, the population ecology model and the notion of organizational niche provide my theoretical foundation. My data come from 26 interviews from those four institutions, the gathering of documents, and observations. I found that each institution has found its own niche with little or no competition – with one exception. Three of the universities do have an international focus. Yet, their foci have minimal overlap. Finally, I suggest that key aspects of Swedish culture, including safety, and a need aid to the poor, help explain the extensive funding these centers and programs receive to survive. 

Libraries and neighborhood information centers; papers presented at an institute conducted by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, October 24-27, 1971.

Bibliography: p. 138-140.