It Takes a Network: How to Scale up an Afterschool STEM Program
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| Title: | It Takes a Network: How to Scale up an Afterschool STEM Program |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Pendred Noyce, Laura Martin, Jacob Sagrans, Jan Mokros |
| Source: | Afterschool Matters. 2025 (39):24-31. |
| Availability: | National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Wellesley Centers for Women, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. Tel: 781-283-2547; Fax: 781-283-3657; e-mail: niost@wellesley.edu; Web site: http://www.niost.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) |
| Contract Number: | 2313212 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Junior High Schools Middle Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | After School Programs, STEM Education, Middle School Students, Clubs, Science Activities, Epidemiology, Networks, Educational Cooperation |
| Abstract: | Quickly disseminating an innovative, timely afterschool program raises challenges, from recruitment and professional development to assessment, program fidelity, and quality. In this paper, we describe our experience as project developers, trainers, and researchers working with an afterschool network, Imagine Science, to disseminate a middle school club program about epidemic diseases and data. What we learned from working with this network may be useful to others who have created an afterschool science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program they hope to spread widely. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1475672 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Quickly disseminating an innovative, timely afterschool program raises challenges, from recruitment and professional development to assessment, program fidelity, and quality. In this paper, we describe our experience as project developers, trainers, and researchers working with an afterschool network, Imagine Science, to disseminate a middle school club program about epidemic diseases and data. What we learned from working with this network may be useful to others who have created an afterschool science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program they hope to spread widely. |
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