Invitation to Contribute - STEM Outreach & Spatial Ability Survey

[Alissa Roslan]

Hello everyone!

I'm Alissa, a PhD student at TU Dublin, currently researching in areas pertaining to STEM outreach, informal learning, and spatial ability.

As of now, outreach efforts are understudied, yet it’s very important for us to know where STEM outreach stands as it is one of the many efforts bolstering the push for STEM in the country. As such, for those of you who run STEM outreach with children as a STEM communicator or educator, I’m very interested in learning about what you do in your outreach activities, what goals you would aim for in those activities, and what you know about spatial ability/reasoning.

To this end, I've attached a survey, and I would truly appreciate it if you were able to take some time to complete it. An informed consent process is a part of the online survey form, found here:

https://forms.office.com/e/7MVR3PZGcx

The results will contribute to one of the many research projects in SellSTEM by helping us understand where you are in your outreach efforts and your perceptions on spatial ability/reasoning and STEM.

If you are interested to see the results of this research, there’s is a section where you are welcome to leave your email address for this. As mentioned in the survey, your contact details will not be connected to your survey response as it will direct you to a separate form unconnected to that survey.

I am also in the midst of putting together a way to 'spatialise' STEM outreach activities, working alongside other STEM outreach providers to test its effectiveness. If you would like to be a part of this, please feel free to contact me. I'll be more than happy to arrange a meeting with you so you can learn more about this part of my study! 🙂

Thank you so very much for your time and I look forward to seeing your responses!

Warm regards,

Alissa Roslan