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
On Friday 23rd August Andrew Manches, Claire Sowton and Alexia Revueltas Roux, together with Steven Dakers (performance artist), participated in the ‘Curious’ Summer events programme organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The M2L team presented at the international Ecsite conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2019.
US PI Judy Brown and PD Cheryl Lani Juárez will present M2L at the 2019 Association of Science-Technology Centers annual conference, September 21 to 24, 2019, hosted by the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Members of the Move2Learn project team, Andrew Manches and Claire Sowton, along with performer, Steven Dakers, will present an event as part of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2019 Summer events programme. The event will run twice on 23rd August, starting at 10am and 12.30pm
PIs Brown and Manches presented M2L at Science Learning+ Meeting, Feb 11, in Alexandria, Virginia
PI Judy Brown co-led the Collaborative Project Management (CoPM) Institute on Feb 14-16 at the headquarters of the Association of Children's Museums in Arlington, Virginia.
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The M2L team presented at the international Ecsite conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2019.
US PI Judy Brown and PD Cheryl Lani Juárez will present M2L at the 2019 Association of Science-Technology Centers annual conference, September 21 to 24, 2019, hosted by the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Canada.
US Co-I Susan Foutz, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and US Co-I H. Chad Lane, UIUC, along with Elisa Israel from St. Louis Science Center, presented 'Beyond Tests: Finding Evidence for STEM Learning Where You Least Expect It.' The session highlighted the work of museum evaluators and educational researchers in designing learning measures for federally-funded projects.
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Project Dates
US: March 2017 – February 2020
UK: May 2017 – April 2020