| 8:00 |
Pre-meeting
socializing with coffee, muffins, and more
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| 8:30 |
Opening
Welcome from NARST and AERA representatives |
| 8:45
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Session 1 (organized
by NARST strand)
Links between Formal and Informal Education Settings and Learning
Outcomes
Chair:
David Anderson (Towson University)
Panelists/Contributors: Lynn Dierking (Institute for learning
Innovation) Terry McClafferty (Western Australian Museum / Curtin
University)
This session will focus on issues pertinent to formal and infor-mal
education setting in terms of the interplay of their phi-losophies
and agendas, the nexus of educational research be-tween these settings,
and the museum practitioner’s perspec-tive on learning outcomes
and research. The session is de-signed to stimulate vigorous discussion
and debate among the meeting’s participants concerning the nature
and meaning of links between formal and informal education setting
and learning outcomes.
|
| 10:00
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Break
|
| 10:15
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Session
2 (organized by AERA ILER SIG)
Children and Museums as Resources for Learning: The primary
Sources Network
Chair: Scott Paris (University of Michigan)
Panelists/Contributors: Ronald W. Marx, Joseph Krajcik, Elliot
Soloway, Robin Bain, Barry Fishman, and Phyllis Blumenfield (University
of Michigan)
The goal of this work is to promote the use of new learning technology
in support of students’ inquiry in learning in sci-ence and social
studies. This work is based on a framework that assumes a close integration
of curricluu and technology; we assume that new learning technologies,
such as digital libraries and web-based search engines, will be...
|
| 11:30
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Lunch
(Provided with workshop registration) |
| 11:50
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Keynote
Address: Barbara Rogoff
So what
is the essence of informal learning and how can it be facilitated?
Open forum for questions of the guest speaker to follow ad-dress.
|
| 1:05 |
Session
3 (organized jointly by NARST & AERA)
Science in Public: Considering Science Perspectives
Chair: Kirsten Ellenbogen (King’s College)
Panelists: Joan Solomon (The Open University) Gay Bisanz (Universityof
Alberta) Discussant: Eric Pyle (West Virginia University)
Outside the classroom walls, the public is being challenged to examine
and understand scientific information for their own decision making.
This session is designed to consider recent research on science-related
activities outside of schools. Panelists will discuss the multifaceted
issues in-volved in developing resources to assess and shape the pub-lics’
understanding of science, particularly in relation to fam-ily life. |
