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Lynn D. Dierking

Submitted by simsk on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 11:10am
Lynn Dierking
STEM
Professor
Research Interests: 
  • The study of learning in free-choice learning settings (with particular focus on museums)
  • Understanding the role of socio-cultural factors in free-choice learning
  • Research & development in family/ youth / community-based learning efforts
  • Investigating how to meaningfully engage under-served communities in free-choice learning (e,g., girls, low-income, and racially-ethnically diverse
    groups)
Education: 

Science Education with a focus in free-choice Learning, elementary and early childhood

Biographical Info
Biography: 

Recent Publications: 

Falk, J.H., Dierking, L.D., & Foutz, S. Eds. (2007) In Principle-In Practice: Museums as Learning Institutions. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press.

C. Yao, L. D. Dierking, P. Anderson, D. Schatz and S. Wolf. Eds. (2006). The Handbook of Small Science Centers. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. 

Dierking. L.D. (2007). Linking after-school programs and STEM learning: A view from another window. Position paper for the Coalition for After-School Science. New York, NY.

Dierking. L.D. (2007). Evidence & categories of informal science education impacts. (Ed.) A. Friedman. A Framework for Evaluating Impacts of Informal Science Education Projects. Washington, DC: National Science Foundation.

Recent Grant/Funded Work

NSF #ESI-0452419. The Impact of Informal Science on Girls' Interest, Engagement, and Participation in Science Communities, Hobbies and Careers: A Research and Dissemination Project. 2005-2008. Co-Principal Investigator.

NSF#ESI-0318868 In Principle, In Practice: The Second Annapolis Conference on Museum Learning. 2003-2006. Co-Principal Investigator

NSF #ESI-9801940 Adults Supporting Kids with Science (ASK with Science). 1998-2002. Principal Investigator.

Committees and Honors:

Doctoral Advisor for SMED

Member, University Outreach & Engagement Council

Degrees:

BA Biology with Honors, magna cum laude, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 1978

M.A. Ed. University of Florida, Gainesville, 1981. Thesis Research: "The Relative Effects of Recessing as an Attention- Directing Device in a Museum Exhibit."

Ph.D. University of Florida, Gainesville, 1987. Thesis Research: "Parent-Child Interactions in a Free-Choice Learning Setting: An Examination of Attention-Directing Behaviors."