Speaker Details

Ms. Amparo Leyman Pino

Education Consultant - Principal, Yellow Cow Consulting

Country: United States of America

Biography:

Amparo Leyman Pino, M. Ed., is an education consultant based in San Francisco, CA. She holds a BS in Psychology and a Master in Education. She is alum of the Noyce Leadership Institute.
Since 1994, she is being dedicated to work closely with children, teenagers and adults, in both formal and informal environments in Mexico, United States, Europe and the Middle East. Throughout her life she has been moved by her passion for education, by a quest to discover methodologies and theories that can help others learn and acquire knowledge, for their own benefit and for the good of society. Amparo’s focus has been on innovation, cultural relevancy and the development of quality interactive learning experiences and communities.
Her work in the United States has been focused mainly in helping institutions such as the Nise Net, Cornell University, the Lawrence Hall of Science, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the California Academy of Sciences, and the San Diego Natural History Museum, among others, to engage Spanish-speaking audiences and create a culture of inclusion and diversity in their staff.
She has broad experience and proficiency in the education field: teaching, counseling, training, professional development, curriculum development, assessment, program evaluation, technology integration, content development, after school programs, e-learning and informal education of science, technology, the arts, and interpersonal development through exhibits.

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Papers/Presentations

Young Children are Capable & Competent

Even though Science Centers and Children’s Museums are open and welcoming for families with children of all ages, they sometimes offer very little opportunities for children under five-years-old to learn and play with scientific knowledge. Experts in the field will join this session to share their best practices in programming and exhibits for early childhood, teaching us how children are capable and competent to acquire scientific knowledge.
In this reverse session, a case study of a potential new children’s museum will be presented by the Moderator as a challenge to the rest of the panelists. Remarkable institutions will share their experiences working with young audiences and will give their advice based on the best exhibits and programming they have designed, and their pedagogical approach to engage this young audience. The session will then be reversed and the participants will have the opportunity to contribute with ideas.

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