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Museum Education

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Education Research

New study examines informal educators’ self-efficacy in facilitating youth civic engagement for the environment

May 29, 2025

A new article investigating the self-efficacy of informal educators in leading youth civic engagement projects has been published in the…
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Awards & Honors

National Academy of Sciences names Megan Ennes early career fellow in education research

December 10, 2024

Megan Ennes, curator of museum education at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been named a 2024-2026 research fellow…
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Education Research

Interactive museum exhibit shows how paleontologists study the past

October 23, 2024

A recent paleontology exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History put fossils and scientists on full display. The exhibit…
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Education Research

Supercharged professional development helps educators talk climate change

July 1, 2024

In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers evaluated how a type of professional development, called train-the-trainer, could…
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Education Research

It takes a village: Study shows community is key to a sustained passion for science among adolescents

June 14, 2023

The results of a yearlong science program show that one of the best ways to instill a lasting interest in…
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Hires & Promotions

Megan Ennes named director of the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute

June 2, 2023

Megan Ennes, assistant curator of museum education at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been named the new director…
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Education Research

Children have less perceived access to important tools than reported by their parents

November 29, 2022

According to a new study, children think they have less access to common measurement tools and toys around the house…
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Education Research

More than half of educators at museums, zoos and science centers weighing career change

December 7, 2021

With the full onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, museums faced the dilemma of having to maintain outreach…
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Education Research

iMuseum: The difficulty with distance learning during a pandemic

December 2, 2021

In February 2020, researchers undertook a broad study of how museums used distance learning in their education programs, not anticipating…
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Hires & Promotions

Megan Ennes spearheading new division of museum education

October 3, 2019

As a child, Megan Ennes dreamed of becoming a geologist – that is, until she discovered zoology. Zoology, in turn,…
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