What is informal science education?
Informal science education supports people of all ages and walks of life in exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Dear CAISE Colleagues and ISE Friends,I thought you would find this bit of news amusing and/or horrifying. It is an ETS newsletter which came in the mail, and is downloadable for free from http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/PICPN181.pdf. Now the Educational Testing Service is a bulwark of formal education. I’m ...[More]
1 comment | Posted March 16, 2010 at 3:14 pm in About informal science education
"Much of what people know about science is learned informally. Education policy-makers should take note," according to an editorial in the April 8 issue of Nature. Citing the influence of federal agencies like the National Science Foundation and NASA (and mentioning ...[More]
1 comment | Posted April 7, 2010 at 1:38 pm in About informal science education
That question was the focus of animated discussion during a May 3 event at the Seattle City Club, which can be viewed online through the City Club's website. The occasion was an award ceremony for ...[More]
1 comment | Posted May 13, 2010 at 10:34 am in About informal science education
More than 250 members of the National Academy of Sciences have signed a letter urging action on climate change and expressing deep concern about "the recent escalation of political assaults on scientists in general and on climate scientists in particular." The letter, which appeared in the May 7 issue of ...[More]
0 comments | Posted May 25, 2010 at 9:06 pm in General
Encylopedia of Earth has posted an extensive article about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.The site, which is supported by the National Council for Science and the Environment and the Environmental Information Coalition, is a free, searchable Wikipedia-like ...[More]
0 comments | Posted June 1, 2010 at 3:17 pm in General
The journal Nature reports in its June 3 issues that, in a recent survey about the relative importance of education and research, university-level science faculty came down on the side of education. But while the majority regard themselves as skilled teachers, most also ...[More]
1 comment | Posted June 2, 2010 at 3:45 pm in About informal science education
Results of a Public Agenda survey released June 2 indicate that 84% of the American public agrees that more jobs in the future will require math and science skills, and 9 in 10 say studying advanced math and science is useful even for students ...[More]
0 comments | Posted June 17, 2010 at 3:39 pm in General
CAISE continues to learn and evolve as we are now in Year 4 of the project. The CAISE team at the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) has grown to include Margaret Glass as Communications Manager, Wendy Hancock as Project/Meeting Manager and as of April 1, Trevor Nesbit, former CAISE fellow, ...[More]
1 comment | Posted March 14, 2011 at 6:14 am in About CAISE
The Informal Commons is a CAISE initiative in partnership with Ideum, UPCLOSE and Lawrence Hall of Science. “The Commons,” a website that features a federated search engine, provides users a single search portal into multiple ISE professional development websites. ...[More]
0 comments | Posted June 23, 2011 at 4:48 pm in CAISE Initiatives
Are you aware of a researcher responding to the NSF Water Sustainability and Climate solicitation? This new solicitation includes opportunities for partnerships between Informal Science Education organizations and researchers:The extent to which the project provides for improving public awareness and understanding of interconnections between ...[More]
0 comments | Posted June 23, 2011 at 5:09 pm in Funding