June 6, 2025
This session focuses on the goals for informal science and engineering learning across different settings identities of learners, ages, and how such goals are being met. Panelists will discuss how different goals have informed practice, evaluation, and research, how differing goals have shaped the focus Convocation on the Status of Informal Science and Engineering Education on different learners, and how the infrastructure for informal science and engineering learning environments influences these goals and outcomes.
June 6, 2025
The 2025 DRK-12 PI Meeting provides opportunities for learning, networking, and substantive conversations for approximately 300 DRK–12 project leaders, NSF program directors, and CADRE Fellows. On June 10, Karen will host a table talk in the morning and have a poster session in the afternoon.
June 5, 2025
Read more about his session, 15 Years After LSIE: Where are we now? Where have we moved the needle? This session will kick off the convocation with a dynamic conversation about the trajectory of the field of informal science and engineering education since the release of Learning Science in Informal Environments (LSIE).
June 4, 2025
Read the latest about NSP, a longitudinal study on the experiences of Native STEM students, faculty, and professionals and the barriers and supports they encounter in STEM. The NSP team combined quantitative and qualitative methods that included a survey and photo elicitation interviews.
June 2, 2025
The event will take place on June 16-17 in Washington, DC and will bring together the research, practice, policy, and philanthropic communities to take stock of the progress that has been made since the release of the 2009 National Academies report, Learning Science informal Environments (LSIE).