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The role of parents in programming?
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Dale McCreedy <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:06:54 -0500
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ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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The Franklin Institute has a history of work focused on the cultivation of family engagement in science across informal and formal settings.  Three NSF-funded programs are especially relevant: Girls At the Center (GAC), a national collaboration to encourage family involvement in girls' science learning, which began in 1996 and has produced a project publication “Girls and Adults Learning Science TOGETHER” that makes the program and curricular resources available to youth-serving organizations and institutions; Parent Partners in School Science (PPSS), a Philadelphia-based initiative designed to provide a proof-of-concept of the ways in which an informal science center can function as a facilitator for parental support of the K-4 school science instructional program; and LEAP into Science: A National Museum/Library Collaboration, which is building a model partnership to promote family and after-school student engagement and achievement in science and literacy, through the connection of science activities and children’s books.  Please feel free to contact me should you have additional questions.

Dale McCreedy, Ph.D. - [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Director, Gender and Family Learning Programs
Franklin Institute Science Museum
222 N. 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA  19103
215-448-1092 / 215-448-1219 (fax)


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