Formative Experiences in Museums: Influencing STEM Aspirations in Australian Youth
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open in viewerAs science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) continues to grow, understanding what influences people to pursue these fields has become an important topic for discussion, particularly in the case of formative experiences. The goal of our project was to help Museums Victoria better understand formative STEM experiences so they can inspire current and future generations to pursue STEM through their offerings. We conducted focus groups with Australian university students studying STEM to understand what childhood experiences positively or negatively influence the pursuit of STEM. We also asked participants to recall their childhood experiences within a museum setting. Additionally, we interviewed Scienceworks employees and analyzed program run sheets to understand what characteristics are already present in Scienceworks offerings. We compiled our findings from our literature review, focus group analysis, and employee interviews to determine the most influential formative characteristics. We used these characteristics to construct a checklist that can be used to help establish goals and outcomes for Scienceworks experiences. To ensure that our checklist can be applied, we mapped it against a small sample of current Scienceworks offerings. We found that all characteristics can be found within these offerings, however, some appeared more frequently than others, which can help identify areas of further exploration. In order to spark future discussion about formative experiences, we provided Scienceworks with our checklist, recommendations, and potential areas of future study.
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- E-project-121323-022724
- 115059
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- 2023
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- UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Date created
- 12/13/2023
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- E-project-121323-022724
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- 最新修改
- 2024-02-08
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