The Rural Informal STEM Conference: Final Report

Date:

Friday, September 14, 2018

Resource Type:

Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials | Report

Environment Type:

Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks, Conferences

Audience:

Administration/Leadership/Policymakers | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists

Discipline:

Education and learning science | General STEM

Access and Inclusion:

Rural

Organization:

Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance

Description:

The Rural Informal STEM Conference (RISC), sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and held at its headquarters on September 13–14, 2018, was the first of its kind to bring together key innovators and experts in rural STEM learning outside of school. People who live in rural settings are a frequently overlooked and significantly under-represented STEM audience, who number roughly 60 million Americans.

The conference addressed questions about the overall status of informal (out of school) STEM learning in rural places, including the following: How do we define rural places? What are promising practices in diversity, equity, and inclusion in these places? How can STEM programs build community support for their work? How can such programs assess their impacts appropriately?

Funder(s):

NSF

Funding Program:

AISL

Award Number:

1823383

Document:

RRC_Report_final.pdf