Preparing Informal Science Educators Perspectives from Science Commu
This book provides a diverse look at various aspects of preparing informal science educators. Much has been published about the importance of preparing formal classroom educators, but little has been written about the importance, need, and best practices
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Preparing Informal Science Educators Perspectives from Science Communication and Education
Preparing Informal Science Educators
Patricia G. Patrick Editor
Preparing Informal Science Educators Perspectives from Science Communication and Education
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Editor Patricia G. Patrick Columbus State University Columbus, GA USA
ISBN 978-3-319-50396-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50398-1
ISBN 978-3-319-50398-1
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Foreword
I entered the informal/free-choice science learning field in 1978, the summer after I graduated from the University of Miami, with a B.S. in Biology and Philosophy. Within days of graduating, Wit Ostrenko, up until recently, the Director of the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, Florida, but at that time, a former Graduate Teaching Assistant of mine at the university, called me to see whether I would teach an outdoor marine biology course for 9- and 10-year-old youth in a summer camp program at the Miami Museum of Science (now the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science). This summer job continued into the fall and I was totally captivated and transformed by the experience, so much so, that I decided to change my career path and focus on education, rather than the graduate degree in forest ecology I had planned. I earned a teaching credential and became a middle and high school science teacher at a parochial school in Miami, teaching introductory physical sciences, biology, physics, and field biology. I enjoyed being a classroom teacher, particularly in a parochial school where I had some flexibility and control over what and how I taught. However at the end of the year, I realized that despit
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