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INFORMAL SCIENCE AND LATINOS CONFERENCE
MAY 2008: Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Self-Reliance Foundation is organizing a conference that has the
overarching goal of laying the groundwork for the development of strategic
partnerships for involving Latino audiences in informal science learning, led by
informal science institutions nationwide. Numbering over 44 million, Latinos
are now the largest ethnic/racial minority group in America; in recent years, 1
of every 2 new Americans has been Latino. Educational opportunities, formal
and informal, are not keeping pace. Latino students score lower on math
and science achievement tests than national averages, enroll at
disproportionately lower levels, and are underrepresented in undergraduate and graduate
science and engineering programs. Latino families visit science centers and other
like institutions less often. Latino students are underenrolled in
afterschool programs.
The conference will bring together informal science institutions and science
research organizations together with Hispanic organizations, media, and
educational projects to review current ISE resources, identify needs and gaps,
learn about best practices in designing culturally effective programs and
resources, and develop new strategies and resources to enrich the informal
science learning environment for Hispanics.
The 3-day conference is tentatively scheduled to be held in Albuquerque, NM
in May 2008. Conference activities will be held at Hotel Albuquerque and at
nearby museums, including the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and
others, such as Explora, the Atomic Museum, and the Albuquerque Museum of Art and
History.
For more information on the conference, proposing sessions, and
registration, please contact:
Bob Russell, Science Advisor
Self-Reliance Foundation
1126 16th St.., NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20015
(202) 360-4117; (202) 997-5539 (cell)
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