LAI 575LEC - Seminar in Informal Science Education

This course is designed for master’s and doctoral level students to explore, analyze, and review current research around the realm of outside-of-school learning related to the domain topics of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics, as well as their transdisciplinary combination, STEAM. Learning theories and methods pertaining to informal STEAM education settings, such as museums, nature preserves, zoos, popular science media, after school clubs, local organizations, etc., will be discussed. Students will engage in critique and design activities to better understand the landscape of informal STEAM education and its relationship to STEAM in the classroom.

Credits: 3