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2021 Poster - Stimulating STEM in the City: Co-Designing with Latine Families to Promote Informal STEM Learning

December 5, 2021 | Exhibitions, Informal/Formal Connections

Children spend 80% of their waking hours outside of school in the community. Deep inequities exist in access to high quality informal STEM learning opportunities (museums, zoos, safe and beautiful parks). Playful Learning Landscapes (PLL) infuses playful learning opportunities into everyday community spaces where families spend time. This project represents a strength-based model for designing play spaces deeply connected to communities’ cultural assets.

This poster was presented at the 2021 NSF AISL Awardee Meeting.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Andres Bustamante
    Principal Investigator
    University of California – Irvine
  • Vanessa Bermudez
    Contributor
    University of California – Irvine
  • Julie Salazar
    Contributor
    University of California – Irvine
  • Leiny Garcia
    Contributor
    University of California – Irvine
  • Kreshnik Begolli
    Contributor
    University of California – Irvine
  • Karlena Ochoa
    Contributor
    University of California – Irvine
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    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of California – Irvine
  • Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Temple University
  • Annelise Pesch
    Contributor
    Temple University
  • Rigoberto Rodriguez
    Contributor
    Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative
  • Paola Padilla
    Contributor
    Santa Ana Early Learning Initiative
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
    Award Number: 2005776
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: General STEM
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Pre-K Children (0-5) | Families | Parents/Caregivers | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Exhibitions | Parks, Outdoor, and Garden Exhibits | Informal/Formal Connections | Pre-K/Early Childhood Programs
    Access and Inclusion: Ethnic/Racial | Hispanic/Latinx Communities

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