Young children develop causal knowledge through everyday family conversations and
activities. Children's museums are an informative setting for studying the social context of …

Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning explores how some people are excluded
from science education and communication. Taking the role of science in society as a …

While scholars have highlighted how science communication reifies forms of structural
inequality, especially race and gender, we examine the challenges science communication …

It is commonly assumed that the reason many young people do not participate in informal
STEM education (ISE) is because they lack interest in STEM. This paper draws on survey …

Once dominated by a focus on collecting and preserving, and later communicating science
through hands-on experiences, science museums are slowly reshaping their identities and …

Despite the promise of Informal Science Learning settings (ISLs) in supporting youth science
engagement in ways that value their experiences and communities, in practice, such …

This methodological review considers science festival evaluation and research studies that
have been published in the peer-reviewed literature since 2011, when modern-day science …

Informal STEM education institutions seek to engage broader cross sections of their
communities to address inequities in STEM participation and remain relevant in a …

This literature review aims to characterise mediation practices in non-formal science
education settings (zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, science centres and museums) …

Controversy in Science Museums focuses on exhibitions that approach sensitive or
controversial topics. With a keen sense of past and current practices, Pedretti and Navas …