MOVE 2 LEARN
Move2Learn is an international research-practitioner collaborative project, investigating how interactive museum exhibits can be designed to help young children aged 3-6 years express, communicate, and develop their scientific thinking.
Our project looks at what types of sensory experiences and physical actions are meaningful for developing science ideas, and ways we can encourage these through both the design of interactive exhibits as well as through facilitation, affirming and supporting family interactions that in turn can impact opportunities for all children.
MOVE 2 LEARN
Move2Learn is an international research-practitioner collaborative project, investigating how interactive museum exhibits can be designed to help young children aged 3-6 years express, communicate, and develop their scientific thinking.
Our project looks at what types of sensory experiences and physical actions are meaningful for developing science ideas, and ways we can encourage these through both the design of interactive exhibits as well as through facilitation, affirming and supporting family interactions that in turn can impact opportunities for all children.
This material is based upon work supported under a collaboration between the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Wellcome Trust, and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) via a grant from the NSF (NSF Grant 1646940) and a grant from the Wellcome Trust with ESRC (Wellcome Trust Grant 206205/Z/17/Z).
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 NSF, the Wellcome Trust, or ESRC. This website is hosted by The University of Edinburgh.
News
PI Brown and UK PI Manches will share the Move2Learn project at the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Principal Investigator meeting.
PI Judy Brown will co-lead a Collaborative Project Management Institute event in partnership with ASTC on 14-16th Feb.
M2L team will present at the international Ecsite conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2019.
No project updatess
US co-I Susan Foutz, The Children’s Museum, and US co-I H. Chad Lane, UIUC, will present 'Beyond Tests: Finding Evidence for STEM Learning Where You Least Expect It'. The session will highlight the work of museum evaluators and educational researchers in designing learning measures for federally-funded projects.
M2L team will present at the international Ecsite conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2019.
January 2019 Dr Zayba Ghazali-Mohammed, Move2Learn Research Associate, will participate in the Camera Obscura & World of Illusions Edinburgh Teeny Tiny Toddler Fest 2019 on January 9-10.
No publication news yet
Funders
Project Dates
US: March 2017 – February 2020
UK: May 2017 – April 2020