Florida Museum of Natural History
Ennes Lab
Led by Megan Ennes · Florida Museum of Natural History
What we study
The Ennes Lab studies informal science education and museums. Recent student projects survey museum educators about workplace community, and teachers about confidence in running youth environmental civic-action projects.
What working here is like
- Surveys & interviews
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Understanding Museum Educators’ Sense of Community in the Workplace
The study surveys 369 museum educators to learn how they feel connected to their peers. It uses a community index and interviews to find what helps educators stay in informal education jobs.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 472
Self-Efficacy of Pre‑Service Educators in Facilitating Youth Civic Engagement for the Environment
A workshop was held for pre‑service teachers to learn how to run a Community Action Projects for the Environment program. Before and after the workshop, teachers answered surveys about how confident they felt leading the program. The results showed a significant increase in confidence, meaning teachers felt better prepared to guide students in environmental civic projects.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 268
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- The Development and Validation of a Teaching Self-Efficacy Assessment for Informal Science Educators
2026 · Research in Science Education
- Exploring the Community Cultural Wealth and Science Capital of Parents in a Family STEM Program
2026 · Education Sciences
Explores how a family STEM program boosts parents' knowledge and skills.
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- Self-Efficacy of Pre-Service Educators in Facilitating Youth Civic Engagement for the Environment
2026 · Education Sciences
Assesses pre-service educators' confidence in teaching youth about environmental action.
- Natural History Museum Collections Researchers' Perceptions of Behind the Scenes Tours
2025 · Curator The Museum Journal
Explores why researchers want to let the public tour their lab spaces.
- Revisiting Distance Learning in Museums Three Years After COVID-19 Closures
2025 · Quarterly review of distance education
Examines how museums adapted online learning after COVID-19 closures.
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