Category Archives: Informal Science Education

Twitter for Sci-Ed Part 3: To boldly go where no lecturer has gone before

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: August 26, 2013

Category: Higher Ed, Informal Science Education, Public understanding of science, Science communication, Science education research, Science teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged Informal Science Education, public understanding of science, science, science communication, science education, social media, twitter | 2 Comments

Twitter for Sci-Ed Part 2: Networking and connecting

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: August 21, 2013

Category: Higher Ed, Informal Science Education, Public understanding of science, Science communication, Science education research, Science teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged Informal Science Education, public understanding of science, science, science communication, science education, social media, twitter | Leave a comment

Twitter for Sci-Ed Part 1: Teaching in 140 characters or less

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: August 19, 2013

Category: Higher Ed, Informal Science Education, Open science, Public understanding of science, Science communication, Science education research, Science teaching | Tagged Informal Science Education, public understanding of science, science, science communication, science education, social media, twitter | 7 Comments

Making good use of Hollywood’s bad science

By Adam Blankenbicker
Posted: July 1, 2013

Category: Informal Science Education, Science communication, Science teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged inaccuracies, Informal Science Education, misconceptions, science communication, science education, science in movies, science literacy, science teaching | Leave a comment

Science and Storytelling: The use of stories in science education

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: June 24, 2013

Category: Higher Ed, Informal Science Education, Public understanding of science, Science communication, Science teaching | Tagged academia, Informal Science Education, public understanding of science, science communication, science education, science teaching, Teaching | 10 Comments

Living science: the importance of science experiences in Brazil

By Jean Flanagan
Posted: June 17, 2013

Category: Informal Science Education, Public understanding of science | Tagged astronomy, Brazil, culture, Informal Science Education, sci-fi, science | 2 Comments

Public Understanding and Engagement in Science Centers

By Adam Blankenbicker
Posted: June 3, 2013

Category: Informal Science Education, Public understanding of science, Science Museums | Tagged citizen science, Informal Science Education, public engagement with science, public understanding of science, science museums | 2 Comments

Can a museum object be more like a dog?

By Cristina Russo
Posted: May 13, 2013

Category: Informal Science Education, Public understanding of science, Science education research, Science Museums | Tagged climate change, culture consumption, Informal Science Education, national zoo, Natural History Museum, participatory museum, science education, science museums, social objects | 2 Comments

My Top 3 Geology Education Models

By Adam Blankenbicker
Posted: May 6, 2013

Category: Informal Science Education, Science Museums, Science teaching | Tagged geology, geology education, Informal Science Education, models, museums, science education | 1 Comment

Hobbies: idle pastimes or keys to science engagement?

By Jean Flanagan
Posted: April 22, 2013

Category: Equity in science education, Informal Science Education, Science education research | Tagged equity, hobbies, Informal Science Education, out-of-school-time, science, science careers, science education | 12 Comments