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Broadening views of learning: Developing educators for the 21st century through an international research partnership at the Exploratorium and King's College …

Build and Broaden 3.0 AND Program Evaluation

Dillon J.
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B Bevan, J Dillon - The New Educator, 2010 - Taylor & Francis

This article describes efforts to develop educators, in both formal and informal settings, who possess theories of teaching and learning that not only encompass but, perhaps, depend on bridging institutional and contextual boundaries. It describes the experiences of The...

'It didn't really change my opinion': exploring what works, what doesn't and why in a school science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers intervention

Broadening participation informal stem education

Archer L, Dillon J.
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L Archer, J DeWitt, J Dillon - … in Science & Technological Education, 2014 - Taylor & Francis

Background: It is widely agreed that more needs to be done to improve participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Despite considerable investment in interventions, it has been difficult to discern their effectiveness and/or impact on participation. Purpose:...

Seeding Science Success: Psychometric Properties of Secondary Science Questionnaire on Students' Self-Concept, Motivation, and Aspirations

Non-school settings

Chandrasena W, Craven RG, Dillon A, Tracey D.
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W Chandrasena, RG Craven, D Tracey, A Dillon - Australian Journal of …, 2014 - ERIC

Every sphere of life has been revolutionised by science. Thus, science understanding is an increasingly precious resource throughout the world. Despite the widely recognised need for …

Partnering with postdocs: a library model for supporting postdoctoral researchers and educating the academic research community

postdoctoral

Dillon P, Wahl SE.
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KH Gau, P Dillon, T Donaldson, SE Wahl… - Journal of the Medical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Background: A mutually beneficial need exists between postdoctoral scholars (postdocs) who want to grow their science communication, networking, and teaching skills and those in …

Triple science back on the agenda

science curriculum

Dillon J.
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R Fairbrother, J Dillon - School Science Review, 2009 - dialnet.unirioja.es

Most students in the UK follow a broad, balanced science education which involves studying it as an integrated subject leading to two grades in the GCSE examination at the age of 16 …

Understanding student participation and choice in science and technology education

Stem workforce diversity

Dillon J, Henriksen EK, Ryder J.
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EK Henriksen, J Dillon, J Ryder - 2015 - Springer

The present book is the result of a fruitful collaboration during a research project–IRIS (Interests and Recruitment in Science)–which brought together researchers from six academic institutions in five European countries. Our aim was to achieve a better understanding of...

Making teaching matter more: reflect at the University of Portland

Asset based approaches STEM training

Dillon H.
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S Salomone, H Dillon… - … higher education, 2020 - openbooks.library.umass.edu

… As our project continues, we have directly trained 30.5% (27 members) of the STEM faculty at the University of Portland. Each STEM unit on campus has included at least one participant…

African Americans in the US computing sciences workforce

Broadening participation

Dillon EC, Gilbert JE, Jackson JFL.
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JE Gilbert, JFL Jackson, EC Dillon Jr… - Communications of the …, 2015 - dl.acm.org

African Americans in the US computing sciences workforce Page 1 JULY 2015 | VOL. 58 | NO. 7 | COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM 35 viewpoints IMA GE COUR TE S Y OF INTEL …

Science education in Europe: Critical reflections

Science education

Osborne J, Dillon J.
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J Osborne, J Dillon - 2008 - efepereth.wdfiles.com

… of scientists is that it defines the primary goal of science education as a pipeline, albeit leaky. In so doing, it places a responsibility on school science education that no other curriculum subject shares. Our view is that...

Exposing rural African-American students to computer science as a career choice using robots

Science and underrepresentation

Dillon EC.
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EC Dillon, M Anderson-Herzog - 2015 Research in Equity and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org

… in the field of Computer Science has been a focal point of concern. … to reverse this trend of underrepresentation in the field. There … minority underrepresentation in computer science. …

'Not girly, not sexy, not glamorous': Primary school girls' and parents' constructions of science aspirations

Broadening participation in STEM

Archer L, Dillon J, Osborne J.
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L Archer, J DeWitt, J Osborne, J Dillon… - Pedagogy, Culture & …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis

Internationally, there is widespread concern about the need to increase participation in the sciences (particularly the physical sciences), especially among girls/women. This paper draws on data from a five-year, longitudinal study of 10–14-year-old children's science aspirations and career choice...

Perspectives on environmental education-related research in science education

Science education

Dillon J.
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J Dillon, W Scott - International journal of science education, 2002 - Taylor & Francis

(1) The relationship between science and environmental education in terms of ontology, epistemology, pedagogy and policy;(2) The role teachers of science might have in teaching …

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