Arctic science education using public museum collections from the University of Alaska Museum: an evolving and expanding landscape
Alaska faces unique challenges in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, including limited accessibility to resources and learning opportunities, and a lack of place-based education resources. Museum education programs, traditionally focused on public outreach through do...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e2f1e3ad6e824333872fb8025a922065 2023-05-15T14:23:05+02:00 Arctic science education using public museum collections from the University of Alaska Museum: an evolving and expanding landscape Katherine L. Anderson Ute Kaden Patrick S. Druckenmiller Sarah Fowell Mark A. Spangler Falk Huettmann Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0010 https://doaj.org/article/e2f1e3ad6e824333872fb8025a922065 EN FR eng fre Canadian Science Publishing https://doaj.org/toc/2368-7460 https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0010 2368-7460 https://doaj.org/article/e2f1e3ad6e824333872fb8025a922065 Arctic Science, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 635-653 (2017) specimen-based science stem education place-based education citizen science university of alaska museum Environmental sciences GE1-350 Environmental engineering TA170-171 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0010 2022-12-31T07:57:07Z Alaska faces unique challenges in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, including limited accessibility to resources and learning opportunities, and a lack of place-based education resources. Museum education programs, traditionally focused on public outreach through docent-led tours, are playing an increasingly important role in both formal and informal aspects of STEM education to help address these challenges. The University of Alaska Museum (UAM) stands as a model in the Arctic region exemplifying how public natural history museum collections can be utilized to create active place-based learning experiences with the aim of increasing engagement in STEM literacy and building connections between museums and communities. These efforts take many forms, including the development of teaching materials involving physical objects and (or) online data from the open-access database ARCTOS, training preservice teachers, and implementing citizen science projects. Because many UAM specimens and objects are from Alaska, they are easily incorporated into place-based education, thereby demonstrating how the Arctic environment is unique at local and regional scales. Here, we showcase several programs that are either unique to UAM or part of larger national projects and include exemplar teaching modules in order to provide learning opportunities in the Arctic region and other rural settings. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Arctic Science 3 3 635 653 |
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Alaska faces unique challenges in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, including limited accessibility to resources and learning opportunities, and a lack of place-based education resources. Museum education programs, traditionally focused on public outreach through docent-led tours, are playing an increasingly important role in both formal and informal aspects of STEM education to help address these challenges. The University of Alaska Museum (UAM) stands as a model in the Arctic region exemplifying how public natural history museum collections can be utilized to create active place-based learning experiences with the aim of increasing engagement in STEM literacy and building connections between museums and communities. These efforts take many forms, including the development of teaching materials involving physical objects and (or) online data from the open-access database ARCTOS, training preservice teachers, and implementing citizen science projects. Because many UAM specimens and objects are from Alaska, they are easily incorporated into place-based education, thereby demonstrating how the Arctic environment is unique at local and regional scales. Here, we showcase several programs that are either unique to UAM or part of larger national projects and include exemplar teaching modules in order to provide learning opportunities in the Arctic region and other rural settings. |
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Katherine L. Anderson Ute Kaden Patrick S. Druckenmiller Sarah Fowell Mark A. Spangler Falk Huettmann Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond |
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Katherine L. Anderson Ute Kaden Patrick S. Druckenmiller Sarah Fowell Mark A. Spangler Falk Huettmann Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond |
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Arctic science education using public museum collections from the University of Alaska Museum: an evolving and expanding landscape |
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Arctic science education using public museum collections from the University of Alaska Museum: an evolving and expanding landscape |
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