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  • Q&A With Erica Hahn: Defying the "Nevers"
    Date: 01/28/2016
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    It’s any parent’s worst nightmare. When her son, Spencer, was 9 months old, Erica Hahn learned he had had a stroke in utero. Doctors believed he would never walk or talk. Exhausted, devastated, and needing to get out of the house, the single mom began bringing her baby to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, an outing the pair has taken two or ... »
  • The Swedish mass experiments — a way of encouraging scientific citizenship?
    Date: 01/21/2016
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    Since 2009 Vetenskap & Allmänhet (Public & Science, VA) coordinates an annual mass experiment as part of ForskarFredag — the Swedish events on the European Researchers' Night. Through the experiments, thousands of Swedish students from preschool to upper secondary school have contributed to the development of scientific knowledge on, for ... »
  • A children’s rights-based approach to involving children in decision making
    Date: 11/12/2013
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    Children’s issues have become a greater priority on political agendas since the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Each government has agreed to ensure that all those working with and for children understand their duties in relation to upholding children’s rights including the obligation to involve ... »
  • Creating a Learning Environment that Fosters Parent-Child Interactions: A Case Study from the Animal Secrets Exhibition Project
    Date: 04/13/2009
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    In the recent exhibition project Animal Secrets, we looked at the impact of three strategies for fostering parent-child interactions in an exhibition for young children: environmental design, types of activities, and labels. Results from our study indicate that all three strategies can support parent-child interactions, but environmental design ... »