Browsing School of Education by Subject "Science Education"
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Academic Writing in Museums
(2021)Museum staff strive to create environments rich in opportunity for visitors to explore their relationship with their heritage, culture, art, or science. Their unique expertise in communicating and creating educational ... -
Citizen Science in Ireland
(2021)Ireland has a rich history of public engagement with science and the growing number of national citizen science initiatives is in keeping with developments seen in other European countries. This paper explores several ... -
Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities
(2020)Citizen science is a growing field of research and practice, generating new knowledge and understanding through the collaboration of citizens in scientific research. As the field expands, it is becoming increasingly important ... -
Engaging migrant and refugee communities in non-formal science learning spaces.
(2020)In this era of pandemics, economic crises and civil unrest, science centres and museums have an opportunity to become truly relevant resources to society. This paper summarises a number of critical lessons from the PISEA ... -
Exploring the use of social constructivist methodologies in teacher practice and student engagement in chemistry.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2019)This thesis comprises a self-study action research inquiry into the practice of a post-primary chemistry teacher in Ireland. The research had a collaborative aspect to it, as a number of students were invited to participate ... -
How does moving public engagement with research online change audience diversity? Comparing inclusion indicators for 2019 & 2020 European Researchers? night events
(2022)Taking place annually in more than 400 cities, European Researchers’ Night is a pan- European synchronized event that aims to bring researchers closer to the public. In this paper audience profiles are compared from events ... -
Inclusion, reflection and co-creation: responsible science communication across the globe
(2022)Science communication is at the heart of many of the challenges our societies face today. At the same time, on-going changes in the relationship between science and society and the digitalisation of society can make ... -
Investigating diversity in European audiences for public engagement with research: Who attends European Researchers Night in Ireland, the UK and Malta?
(2021)European Researchers’ Night is an annual pan-European synchronized event devoted to public engagement with research. It was first held in 2005 and now occurs in over 400 cities across Europe, with the aim of bringing ... -
The landscape of European science communication
(2021)European science communication project QUEST surveyed and reviewed different aspects of European science communication, including science journalism, teaching and training in science communication, social media activity, ... -
Learning in Citizen Science
(Springer Nature, 2021)Citizen science is a promising field for educational practices and research. However, it is also highly heterogeneous, and learning happens in diverse ways, according to project tasks and participants’ activities. Therefore, ... -
Perceptions of the European Space Sector: Youth Engagement With Space Education Events
(2021)Space education not only plays a key role in helping young people understand the natural world and their impact on the planet but is also vital in ensuring that future generations can make meaningful contributions to the ... -
Quality indicators for science communication: results from a collaborative concept mapping exercise
(2021)Although the need to improve quality of science communication is often mentioned in public discussions, the science communication literature offers few conceptualizations of quality. We used a concept mapping approach, ... -
Report on training needs in citizen science
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Science Communication Through STEAM: Professional Development and Flipped Classrooms in the Digital Age
(2021)STEAM is the term given to a growing field of research and practice that integrates arts into traditional science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects. It is also the name of a science communication summer ... -
Should the science communication community play a role in political activism?
(2017)This letter reflects on how the role of science in society evolved in 2016. While there were plenty of groundbreaking scientific discoveries, the shifting political landscape cultivated a tempestuous relationship between ... -
STEM Teacher Professional Learning Through Immersive STEM Learning Placements in Industry: a Systematic Literature Review
(2023)Over the past two decades, there has been an increased focus on designing STEM learning experiences for primary and second-level students. We posit that for teachers to design rich learning experiences for their students, ... -
Supporting quality in science communication: insights from the QUEST project
(2021)The promotion of quality is a critical aspect to consider in the re-examination of science communication. This problem is analysed in the research carried out by the QUEST project, as featured in this paper. Engaging key ...