Informal Science and Youth Development: Creating Convergence in Out-of-School Time. Issue 13 (April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Noam, Gil G.; Shah, Ashima Mathur
• Is Part Of: Teachers College record. Volume 116:Issue 13(2014)
• Page Start: 199
• Page End: 218
• Publication Date: 2014-04
• Subjects: Education -- Periodicals; Enseignement -- Périodiques; Éducation -- Périodiques; Education; Periodicals; 370.5
• DOI: 10.1177/016146811411601311
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-4681

Abstract

This chapter highlights the fit between youth-development-oriented programming and informal science activities in out-of-school time (OST) and illustrates how science and youth development can and should co-occur. The clover model and Dimensions of Success tool are introduced as lenses for designing and assessing science program quality in OST. "While both the afterschool and science fields are at a crossroads, association with the other enhances the potential for each to flourish." ∼Lucy Friedman (2005)