The 2012 NSF ISE Program PI Meeting took place March 14-16 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The meeting offered ample opportunities for professional networking, connecting with NSF Program Officers, learning about updates on the ISE Program, and engaging in strategic conversations about emerging themes and issues from workshops and convenings of Principal Investigators leading up to the meeting....[More]
What is informal science education?
Informal science education supports people of all ages and walks of life in exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Informal Science Education News
From Wednesday, March 14-Friday, March 16, the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Informal Science Education (ISE) Program convened its third biennial Principal Investigator (PI) meeting in Washington, D.C. Nearly 250 PIs, project staff, evaluators, researchers, NSF program officers, ...[More]
0 comments | Posted April 19, 2012 at 8:35 am in Meetings and events
The NSF solicitation for the Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) program has been released. It is document NSF 12-552, and has a submission deadline of 17 July 2012. There are three general changes from the previous ...[More]
This wiki is designed to support a public discussion of the case for informal science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The goal is to provide easy to read summaries of evidence that characterize the benefits and outcomes of ISE experiences. The most recent articles added to ...[More]
0 comments | Posted April 19, 2012 at 7:38 am in CAISE Initiatives
Informal Science Education Spotlights
Spotlights feature NSF funded ISE projects from science centers and museums, media productions, afterschool & out-of-school time programs, science journalism and cyber-enabled and gaming projects.
