On 24 Jun 2010, at 16:29, Ian
B Dunne wrote:
Good
afternoon Terri,
Thank you for your comment. I stand corrected on the nomenclature.
However if you look at the following links
http://www.stemdirectories.org.uk/about_us/why_have_the_stem_directories_been_created.cfm
http://www.stemnet.org.uk/about_us/stemnet_programmes.cfm
http://www.stemchallenges.net/about-stem-challenges/
http://www.stemclubs.net/about-stem-clubs/
or
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/subjects/science/science_teaching_resources/
http://www.teachers.tv/subjects/secondary/science
http://www.byteachers.org.uk/sites.htm#science
http://www.show.me.uk/places/places.html
http://www.showsforschools.co.uk/
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/
http://www.sciencelive.net/
it is pretty clear how a woodlouse like me got confused in a forest of
acronyms.
Whenever I visit schools (around 100 times a year) I ask teachers how
and
where they find resources and presenters. I consistently get the same
response
for presenters - http://www.sciencelive.net/advanced-search.asp
or Google.
So my question remains.
Why are significant resources out of the rapidly shrinking education
budget
being spent duplicating what is already working well?
And how do we as presenters evaluate which of the myriad national
websites will
have the greatest impact in encouraging reluctant teachers to engage
with
science?
I look forward to being convinced
All the best
Ian
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Terri Telford wrote:
Hi
all,
I’d
like to take
this opportunity to correct Ian – they are called the STEM Directories,
not
STEMNET Directories. You can read more about the organisations behind
the
directories here http://www.stemdirectories.org.uk/about_us/who_has_created_the_stem_directories.cfm
As
an aside, STEMNET
has completed a number of evaluations, including a current evaluation
with the
National Foundation for Educational Research, and has just been
involved in an
audit by the National Audit Office.
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Terri
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Hi
There has been a bit of discussion on this forum and others of the
StemNet
directory wanting organisations to evaluate their programs or they will
not be
included on the directory at some time in the future.
In these financially straightened times I was just wondering what
evaluation
StemNet does of itself,
and, or, what would peoples' evaluation of StemNet directories be under
the
standard appraisal categories of
value for money
effectiveness
quantifiable outcomes ?
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