This guide outlines how to tackle potential gaps in communication, engagement, scheduling, and work styles, as well as provide different ways to incorporate youth input and voice into projects. This guide is divided into four sections: Youth vs. Adults, Youth Engagement, Communicating with Youth, and Advising.
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resourceevaluationProfessional Development, Conferences, and Networks
The aim of this evaluation study was to assess the extent to which the three PD workshop sessions (one for non-education staff, one for education staff and one for program youth) supported knowledge and confidence of Sciencenter staff and youth participants around the topics of integrating feedback from, and co-creating content with youth. The evaluation team used qualitative approaches to collect data through pre- and post-PD workshop questionnaires as well as a post-interview with the program coordinator two weeks after the PD workshops.
The aim of this evaluation study was to assess the extent to which youth-led products elicited public awareness of climate science or content communicated, and the desire to keep learning more about local climate impacts. The evaluation team used qualitative approaches to collect data through exit surveys and interviews with visitors at three events that were organized by the Youth Advisory and Research Board (YARB) members between August 2021 and July 2022.
The aim of this evaluation study was to document the progress and improvement of the 16-month Youth Lead the Way program. Specifically, the goal of the evaluation strand was to gather evidence of how the Youth Lead the Way experience provided opportunities to elicit in youth skills that aligned with the project and youth’s priorities. The evaluation team used qualitative data that varied across each of the three evaluation phases. Data were gathered periodically through surveys, concept maps, and interviews from July 2021 to August 2022.
This document summarizes lessons learned from implementing Leap into Science: Cultivating a National Network for Informal Science and Literacy (Leap into Science) from 2017-2023.
The following summative report describes overarching evaluation findings from the evaluation of Leap into Science, including future considerations for the Leap into Science program team (program team). The report aims to summarize takeaways from 2018-2023 and report on overall insights pertaining to the core evaluation questions of interest.
This is a brief literature review examining the theory and practice of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). It highlights CBPR's liberatory intent, and focuses on CBPR practice in indigenous communities and among youth.
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Adhann Iwashita
resourceevaluationParks, Outdoor, and Garden Exhibits
Kera Collective conducted two rounds of program evaluation to understand the experience and impact of Coastal Maine Botanical Garden’s (CMBG) Advanced Studies in Professional Horticulture programs, which vary in format from standalone lectures to multi-session certificate courses.
Reflections from a researcher and caregiver on the process of working together on a study examining strategies to communicate the relevance of engineering practices at exhibits.
Food for Thought is an NSF-funded project (AISL # 1906706) that focuses on teaching the science of food preparation to families with children ages 7-13. This report focuses on the second year of Food for Thought summer camp.