Enhancing physical geography schools outreach: Insights from co-production and storytelling narratives
| Autor: | Timothy Lane, Emma Smith, H. C. Price, Gregory Watson, Sina Panitz, Matthew Carney, Kris De Meyer, Kathryn Adamson, Leonora Oppenheim |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 050301 education Flexibility (personality) L1 01 natural sciences Test (assessment) X900 Outreach Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION General Earth and Planetary Sciences Science communication Narrative Personal experience Physical geography Sociology Public engagement 0503 education 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Storytelling |
| ISSN: | 0309-1333 |
| Popis: | Global environmental change is one of the most pressing issues facing future generations. Equipping schoolchildren with a clear understanding of physical geography is therefore a key educational priority. Effectively engaging schoolchildren with complex scientific ideas can be challenging, but with the appropriate tools, scientists can play a valuable role in developing meaningful science communication experiences. Climate Explorers addressed these issues by forging a collaboration between physical geography and social science academics, and 320 UK school students and their teachers in seven primary (elementary) schools. Using insights from co-production techniques and storytelling, the project aimed to 1) produce new open access, online climate science education resources, and 2) test co-production and storytelling approaches to physical geography science engagement. Our findings demonstrated that school children responded especially well to working with ‘real life’ scientists, where meaningful and memorable educational interactions were forged through the use of narratives, personal experiences and tailored language. Here we summarise our approach, and provide templates that can be readily applied by scientists working across the physical geography spectrum anywhere in the world. The flexibility of the templates means that they can be adapted and developed for a range of formats, from small-scale community workshops to national-scale educational initiatives, for delivery both in-person or online. We hope that our approach will provide a springboard to transform and enhance physical geography science communication more broadly. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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