About PISEC
The JILA Physics Frontier Center Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community (PISEC) Program provides opportunities for university students (undergraduates, graduate students, and post docs) to teach inquiry-based science activities to K-12 populations under represented in science, such as Hispanic, African American, and economically disadvantaged youth. read more »
The assessment component of PISEC includes research on effects of the program on the children and also the university students through a partnership with the Physics Education Research (PER) group PER@C. PER has been gaining momentum in recent years, including increased funding and a Physical Review journal line. At PISEC, we conduct cutting edge research on after school science outreach programs, which have not been well studied. Assessments from our pilot program have been very promising. read more »
Here, you will be able to find information for prospective undergraduate, graduate student and post doc teaching opportunities, undergraduate research opportunities, a description of our research, information on our group members, our papers and publications, links to other education groups, and more.