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Broadening Participation Booklet

Tools for engaging communities and incorporating inclusive practices into informal STEM projects. The examples are designed to support NISE Network partner efforts in making their experiences more relevant and inclusive in their local communities.

DESCRIPTION

Broadening Participation Booklet: Tools for Engaging Communities and Incorporating Practices into Informal STEM Projects. 

As the NISE Network continues to move forward in our efforts to inspire and support a lifetime of STEM engagement, we seek to ensure that our work embodies the principles of inclusive practices. For our organizations to evolve, we need to position these practices as core to all of our missions and successes—not siloed within a specific initiative, individual, or program. Together we can use innovative approaches to determine a collective path forward towards broadening participation. The purpose of this booklet is to provide you with practical tools to support your journey. The tools, practices, and project examples are designed to support NISE Network partner efforts in making their experiences more relevant and inclusive in their local communities.

Originally developed for the NISE Network’s Earth & Space Project-Based Learning Community which took place in 2021-2022, and updated to include examples from partner projects.

Jackson, A., C. Nguyen, and V. Nuñez (2022). Broadening Participation Booklet: Tools for Engaging Communities and Incorporating Practices into Informal STEM Projects. Ithaca, NY: Sciencenter for the NISE Network.
Available from https://www.nisenet.org/BroadeningParticipationBooklet

 

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  • NISE Network DEAI booklet page 22 with a chart showing an increasing level  of community-driven involvement in learning experiences
  • DEAI booklet page 18 about Creating  Teams with an illustration of a diverse group of people
  • NISE Network DEAI booklet page 9 Creating a Shared Understanding with sticky notes of different terminology

DESCRIPTION

Broadening Participation Booklet: Tools for Engaging Communities and Incorporating Practices into Informal STEM Projects. 

As the NISE Network continues to move forward in our efforts to inspire and support a lifetime of STEM engagement, we seek to ensure that our work embodies the principles of inclusive practices. For our organizations to evolve, we need to position these practices as core to all of our missions and successes—not siloed within a specific initiative, individual, or program. Together we can use innovative approaches to determine a collective path forward towards broadening participation. The purpose of this booklet is to provide you with practical tools to support your journey. The tools, practices, and project examples are designed to support NISE Network partner efforts in making their experiences more relevant and inclusive in their local communities.

Originally developed for the NISE Network’s Earth & Space Project-Based Learning Community which took place in 2021-2022, and updated to include examples from partner projects.

Jackson, A., C. Nguyen, and V. Nuñez (2022). Broadening Participation Booklet: Tools for Engaging Communities and Incorporating Practices into Informal STEM Projects. Ithaca, NY: Sciencenter for the NISE Network.
Available from https://www.nisenet.org/BroadeningParticipationBooklet

 

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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2022
OWNING INSTITUTION

Arizona State University

FUNDING

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number NNX16AC67A and 80NSSC18M0061. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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