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Inside the International Science Centre Impact Study

Although science centres have long asserted their critical role in supporting science engagement, learning and attitudes of the public, comprehensive data to support these claims are limited. This session will describe the International Science Centre Impact Study (ISCIS) which was specifically designed to determine if and in what ways experiences at science centres: support an enhanced public knowledge and understanding of science, interest in, and engagement with, science in and outside of formal education and the workplace, and support creativity and problem solving. Findings are based on data from over 13,000 adults and youth from across 13 countries involving six European and 11 other science centres from North America, Asia, Australia and Latin America. Collectively, the results provide a much clearer and more detailed understanding of the ways in which factors like the number of visits, how recently someone visited, and exactly what someone did during a visit impacted, or had no effect on, these major outcomes. Results also give insight into how demographics and other key variables influenced outcomes. Participants will learn the rationale for the study, its design, and key findings.

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Session speakers

CEO
Singapore Science Centre
Singapore
Singapore
Professor/Principal
Oregon State University/John H Falk Research
Corvallis
United States

Session speakers

CEO
Singapore Science Centre
Singapore
Singapore
Professor/Principal
Oregon State University/John H Falk Research
Corvallis
United States