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An exploration of early career agricultural and natural resource scientists’ perceptions of social responsibility International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Jamie Loizzo, Sadie Hundemer, Gabriel Spandau, Samuel Smidt, Alice Akers, Jehangir Bhadha, Young Gu Her
Scientists’ social responsibilities can include ethical research conduct, transparent public communication, and accountability to society to develop solutions. Scientists describe mounting pressure...
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Development and assessment of the STEM storytellers program International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Shannon D. Willoughby, Bryce Hughes, Leila Sterman
We developed and tested an NSF IGE-funded year-long program to improve the oral communication skills of STEM graduate students. By the end of the program, we organized our curricular materials into...
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Cultural–Historical Activity Theory as an integrative model of socioscientific issue based learning in museums using extended reality technologies International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Rebecca L. Hite, Gina M. Childers, Jill Hoffman
The transformation of natural history and science museums from receptacles (temples) to facilitators (forums) of knowledge fosters discourse around issues relating to science and society, known as ...
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Contributions from citizen science to climate change education: monitoring species distribution on rocky shores involving elementary students International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Ana Teresa Neves, Diana Boaventura, Cecília Galvão
Citizen science is a promising field for research in climate change. It has also been recognised with great potential in the field of climate change education, especially in the increase of scienti...
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Feeling the heat: undergraduate science students’ emotional management during classroom debates International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Paul Chiu, Alandeom W. Oliveira, Giuliano Reis, Adam O. Brown
Addressing a need to prepare the next generation of scientists to effectively engage in adversarial science communication, the present study examines a group of undergraduate science students from ...
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Interest and effort: exploring the relationship between students Covid-19 interest and information-seeking behavior International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Eric A. Kirk, William. L. Romine, Troy D. Sadler, Jamie N. Elsner, Laura A. Zangori, Li Ke
Although much is known about how students evaluate scientific information about contentious issues in classroom or laboratory contexts, less is known about how students do so in their daily life. T...
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A research instrument to monitor people's competence to sustain insect biodiversity: the Self-Perceived Action Competence for Insect Conservation scale (SPACIC) International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Peter Lampert, Daniel Olsson, Niklas Gericke
The loss of insect biodiversity is a major global sustainability issue that is highly relevant to science education. Science education can support and develop learners’ competence to take actions t...
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Beautiful and wanted – how young people perceive invasive alien plant species and certain options of their management International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Martin Remmele, Petra Lindemann-Matthies
The perception of eight invasive alien plant species (IAPS) by 311 children and young people (10–24 years old) and their choice of management options were investigated, either with or without prior...
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Stories as a tool in science communication: an experimental analysis International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Peter Fischer, Barbara Thies
In a rapidly changing information landscape, science communicators need to find new ways to engage audiences, make their information memorable and increase attitudes towards scientists. Evidence su...
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An exemplary scientist's storytelling in a high school students’ science internship International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Pei-Ling Hsu
With the rapidly increasing demand for STEM skills, many scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technology professionals encourage students to pursue STEM careers. However, communicating scienc...
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Prose, panels and people: the impact of comic presentation style on procedural information learning International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Erin I. Walsh, Will J. Grant, Ginny M. Sargent
With their increasing popularity, there is a need for more research clarifying the potential strengths and weaknesses of the comic format for education. The panelled comic format may be particularl...
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How can informal science learning centers advance climate resilience partnerships? Lessons from two coastal communities International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Rupanwita Gupta, Nicole LaMarca, Kathryn Nock, Kate Flinner, Bennett Attaway
Informal science learning centers (ISLCs) like zoos, aquariums and botanic gardens are trusted community assets and perceived as critical sites for learning outside the classroom for multigeneratio...
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Finnish parents’ science capital and its association with sociodemographic issues International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Ella Suortti, Sari Havu-Nuutinen, Sirpa Kärkkäinen
Science capital consists of science-related cultural and social capital and science-related behaviours and practices. This study aims to clarify the core dimensions of science capital among Finnish...
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Mapping the evolution path of citizen science in education: a bibliometric analysis International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Yenchun Wu, Marco Fabio Benaglia
For over two decades now, the application of Citizen Science to Education has been evolving, and fundamental topics, such as the drivers of motivation to participate in Citizen Science projects, ar...
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A pedagogy for success: two stories from STEM International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Saima Salehjee, Mike Watts
This paper aims to debate the need to change our discussions from the pedagogy of success to pedagogy for success. In justifying the prepositional shift, we discussed our understanding of success a...
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Public education about ShakeAlert® earthquake early warning: evaluation of an animated video in English and Spanish International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Jenny Crayne, Carla Herrán, Danielle F. Sumy, Marcie Benne, Todd Shagott, Lori Peek
ABSTRACT Publicly available technologies are only truly ‘public’ if people are aware of them and know how to use them. In the US, significant resources have been devoted to public education around the recently released ShakeAlert® earthquake early warning (EEW) system operated by the U.S. Geological Survey; however, those efforts have been inconsistently evaluated, leaving educators and communicators
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Young children’s agency in the science museum: insights from the use of storytelling in object-rich galleries International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Yana Manyukhina, Naomi Haywood, Karen Davies, Dominic Wyse
ABSTRACT This paper draws on a multi-phase project that sought to understand and increase young children’s engagement with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) objects. The paper presents findings from one aspect of this project that involved using storytelling to support young children’s agency with STEM objects in a UK science museum. The qualitative research involved observing
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Virtual reality in astronomy education: reflecting on design principles through a dialogue between researchers and practitioners International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-07-23 Magdalena Kersting, Jackie Bondell, Rolf Steier, Mark Myers
ABSTRACT Virtual reality (VR) technologies have the potential to transform astronomy education practices profoundly: new forms of visual representations, perceptual engagement and embodied participation promise authentic learning experiences in formal and informal learning spaces. While a growing body of research studies the educational needs and opportunities of VR astronomy education from the learner’s
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Young people in iNaturalist: a blended learning framework for biodiversity monitoring International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Christothea Herodotou, Nashwa Ismail, Ana I. Benavides Lahnstein, Maria Aristeidou, Alison N. Young, Rebecca F. Johnson, Lila M. Higgins, Maryam Ghadiri Khanaposhtani, Lucy D. Robinson, Heidi L. Ballard
ABSTRACT Participation in authentic research in the field and online through Community and Citizen Science (CCS) has shown to bring learning benefits to volunteers. In online CCS, available platforms present distinct features, ranging from scaffolding the process of data collection, to supporting data analysis and enabling volunteers to initiate their own studies. What is yet not well understood is
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Collaborative capacity-building for collective evaluation: a case study with informal science education centers International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-05-23 K. C. Busch, Lynn Chesnut, Kathryn Stevenson, Lincoln Larson, Allison Black-Maier, Charles Yelton, Darrell Stover
This paper reports on the results of a research-practice partnership that included a U.S. university research team and a state-funded grants program that supports informal science education. The go...
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How can we transform citizens into ‘environmental agents of change'? Towards the citizen science for environmental citizenship (CS4EC) theoretical framework based on a meta-synthesis approach International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Andreas Hadjichambis, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Yiannis Georgiou, Anastasia Adamou
Environmental Citizen Science (CS) initiatives are argued to provide a promising vehicle for involving citizens in the investigation of various socio-environmental issues. However, environmental CS...
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‘I invite you to take a sip from the golden fountain and confirm these statements for yourself’: preparing undergraduate science students to publicly address pseudoscientific news International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Alandeom W. Oliveira, Oana Mirel, Adam O. Brown
This exploratory study examines an instructional activity in which undergraduate biology students at a Canadian university who, after receiving instruction from an expert science communicator on ho...
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Understanding communication about the COVID-19 vaccines: analysis of emergent sentiments and topics of discussion on Twitter during the initial phase of the vaccine rollout International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Emily Burwell, Ankita Agarwal, William L. Romine
We assess the underlying topics, sentiment, and types of information regarding COVID-19 vaccines cycling through Twitter during the initiation of the vaccine rollout. Once tweets about COVID-19 vac...
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Representing biodiversity in science museums: perspectives from an STSE lens International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Martha Marandino, Erminia Pedretti, Ana Maria Navas Iannini
This paper explores how biodiversity is represented at the Life in Crisis Schad Gallery of Biodiversity (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto). Using theoretical perspectives related to science, technolog...
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A method for the critical analysis of science communication texts International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Max K. Sherard, Flávio S. Azevedo
We present a novel method for the critical analysis of professional scientists’ communications with the public. The method blends Entman’s (2007) [Framing bias: Media in the distribution of power. ...
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The role of narrative in informal programming designed to engage preschool-age children in science explanations International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Julia D. Plummer, Kyungjin Cho
While prior research has demonstrated the importance of narratives as tools for young children’s science learning, limited research has considered how narratives can be integrated into the design o...
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Communicating identity in the Urban STEM Collaboratory: toward a communication theory of STEM identities International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-02-26 Craig O. Stewart, James T. Campbell, Tony Chase, Maryam Darbeheshti, Katherine Goodman, Seyedehsareh Hashemikamangar, Miriam Howland Cummings, Stephanie S. Ivey, David J. Russomanno, Gregory E. Simon
Although jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields are projected to grow at twice the rate of other professions, too many students, especially women and minoritized students,...
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Perspectives on informal STEM teaching and learning during and beyond COVID-19 International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Hannah B. Meisels, Rebecca K. Browne, Gil G. Noam
ABSTRACT This study explored STEM program quality prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, including differences based on learning setting. Program quality data was drawn from a national database consisting of 1259 program quality observations conducted between 2013 and 2021. Using the Dimensions of Success (DoS), an observation tool focused on informal STEM learning program quality, we analyzed
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Role models’ influence on student interest in and awareness of career opportunities in life sciences International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Helen Zhang, Stephanie Couch, Leigh Estabrooks, Anthony Perry, Melinda Kalainoff
The call to increase student interest in science and related careers continues to receive national attention in the United States. While many current efforts have focused on infrastructure support ...
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Why science education and for whom? The contributions of science capital and Bildung International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Line Bruun Nicolaisen, Lars Ulriksen, Henriette T. Holmegaard
ABSTRACT Science capital has proved a valuable concept for understanding a person's science-related resources and the inequities linked to participation in science education. The concept was developed in the UK and has since been applied worldwide. In this paper, we investigate the potential of the concept in Denmark. Here science capital meets a concept that is pivotal to the educational tradition:
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Adolescents’ evaluation of online scientific information in daily life contexts: when sourcing matters International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-02-06 M. Macedo-Rouet, G. Trópia, W. Castilhos, L. Massarani, V. Brasil, C. Almeida
Sourcing is the ability to evaluate information by analysing source parameters such as author’s expertise on a given topic. Past research, mostly based on school-related materials and tasks, shows ...
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Geek girl today, scientist tomorrow? Inclusive experiences and efficacy mediate the link between women's engagement in popular geek culture and STEM career interest International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Madeleine Butcher, Elizabeth L. Cohen, Christine E. Kunkle, Daniel Totzkay
ABSTRACT Evidence suggests that participating in geek pop culture (e.g. fandoms, digital gaming, live action role playing, board gaming, etc.) can enhance women's interest in STEM by increasing their STEM-related efficacy. This study proposed that this effect hinges on the type of social experiences that women have in geek culture. Inclusive experiences were expected to enhance STEM-related efficacy
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Does endorsement rhetoric matter in citizen science? International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-01-07 Wei Wang, Yongyong Zhao, Yenchun Jim Wu, Mark Goh
ABSTRACT This study analyzed the influence of rhetoric in the endorsement text on the willingness of the crowd to participate in citizen science projects. Four categories of endorsers were studied: professors, students, industrial researchers, and amateur researchers. Using 1243 endorsement texts from 543 citizen science projects as the corpus, the effects of the standalone techniques (ethos, pathos
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Disciplinary cultures and participation in international research networks: how science communication practices and motivation relate to contextual factors International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-01-07 Elsa Costa e Silva, Sandra Pinto
ABSTRACT In recent years, there has been an increasing call for more public engagement of scientists, and this happens in parallel with a rising internationalization of research. Willingness to communicate is explained by attitudes (ideas and perceptions about science communication), but is also the result of a combination of personal and contextual factors. Disciplinary cultures have been pointed
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Empowering women in STEM: a scoping review of interventions with role models International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2023-01-07 Elena De Gioannis, Gian Luca Pasin, Flaminio Squazzoni
ABSTRACT Exposing women and girls to female role models is considered essential to break down gender-stereotypical beliefs on STEM interest and engagement. However, evidence remains controversial regarding the efficacy of these interventions. Here, we provide a scoping review of fifty-seven empirical studies that considers information about: (1) research type, (2) target, (3) type of intervention,
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The form and function of U.S.-based science communication fellowship programs: interviews with program directors International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Nichole Bennett, A. Dudo, J. C. Besley
ABSTRACT Science communication training programs aim to provide scientists with the skills and confidence to interface with the public about their research. But past research suggests science communication training programs lack strategy, focusing instead on narrow skill-building. Science communication fellowships may differ from other training programs in that they are longer, more intensive, and
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Influence of parents’ views about science on parent–child science talk at home International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Wahyu Setioko, Lin Ding
ABSTRACT This study explores parents’ views of science as a family sociocultural background that influences how parents support children’s science talk as they engage in a science activity together at home. We focus on Indonesian families as they have distinct sociocultural characteristics that may yield different parent–child interactions than their Western counterparts in informal science learning
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Challenges and triumphs of taking a research-informed approach toward improving community responsiveness across a community-based science club program International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Lydia E. Carol-Ann Burke, Dina Al-khooly, Kristen Schaffer
ABSTRACT This article details the learning experiences emerging from a research collaboration between a university-based research team and an informal education provider (the STEM Academy). The aim was to enhance the community responsiveness of a series of science clubs for children living in low-income communities in a metropolitan area of Canada. The study examined a new afterschool science club
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How should we organize science communication trainings to achieve competencies? International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Bruce V. Lewenstein, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari
ABSTRACT To advance science communication training, we use learning theory to build on an earlier effort to create a comprehensive list of topics for learning science communication. We identify threshold concepts that can help learners move through the community of practice of science communication. We organize the topics as essential or advanced, and specify their relevance to occasional, active,
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Motivations and deterrents in contemporary science communication: a questionnaire survey of actors in seven European countries International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Clare Wilkinson, Elena Milani, Andy Ridgway, Emma Weitkamp
ABSTRACT As the ecosystem of actors communicating science has become more complex, there is a need to understand the motivations and deterrents of those involved in the communication of science, technology and health topics. This article reports on a survey of 465 communication actors based in seven European countries. The findings suggest strong commonalities between role and country, with personal
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Is citizen science queering science? An exploration of the personal dimensions of engaging LGBTQ+ citizen science volunteers International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Todd A. Harwell, Russanne Low, Allison Mattheis, Kelly Riedinger, Heather Fischer
ABSTRACT Citizen science, a field and practice that commonly involves ‘non experts’ engaging in scientific activities, is an avenue of science engagement that commonly results in increased scientific knowledge, literacy, and skills for the volunteers that participate. In recent years there have been increasing efforts to better understand the myriad outcomes for participants including how personal
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Seeing and seeking relevance in the challenges of a STEM school–university partnership International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-09-19 Lucía Beatriz Chisari, A. Bakker, S. F. Akkerman
ABSTRACT School–university partnerships can be fertile environments for collaboration by educators and researchers. So far, studies of these partnerships have mostly focused on identifying partnership challenges and presenting them as difficulties to be prevented or solved. In this case study, we examine challenges in relation to the partnership’s future directions, using a boundary-crossing perspective
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Characterizing science recreation workshops: the ‘guerrilla' of science communication International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-09-19 Miguel García-Guerrero, Bruce V. Lewenstein
ABSTRACT Science Recreation Workshops (SRW) are engaging activities intended to create scientific experiences for participants, who play with natural phenomena while they explore, discover, discuss, and learn about them. They take people into a first-hand scientific adventure. SRW’s do not demand a lot of resources to develop, that is why SRW’s groups can operate ‘guerrilla-like’ tactics: with fast-moving
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‘Magic’ or ‘maybe … other years’: designing for young adolescents’ engagement and self-efficacy in an invention camp International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-09-19 David W. Jackson
ABSTRACT Student engagement is a central concept for educational practitioners, researchers, and evaluators, especially working with learners historically minoritised in science developing their self-efficacy. Design-oriented projects in invention education show potential for promoting equitable engagement, partly by building upon learners’ sociocultural backgrounds and experiences. However, the relationship
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The differential effects of humor on three scientific issues: global warming, artificial intelligence, and microbiomes International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Sara K. Yeo, Leona Y.-F. Su, Michael A. Cacciatore, Jennifer Shiyue Zhang, Meaghan McKasy
ABSTRACT Humor is widespread in communication and its use in the context of science is no exception. Although science jokes are pervasive on social media, we are only beginning to understand the mechanisms through which humor affects people’s attitudes, opinions, and perceptions of scientific topics. Here, we add to our understanding of how funny science content influences attitude formation and behavioral
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Authoring STEM identities through intergenerational collaborative partnerships International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-09-12 Laura Rodriguez, Todd Campbell, John C. Volin, David M. Moss
ABSTRACT Our multiple case study addresses the lack of opportunities many people have developing positive identification with STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields by investigating STEM identity authoring in three intergenerational collaborative partnerships. Adult and teen partners participated in two-day workshops learning conservation science and geospatial technologies to design
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Shifts of epistemic agency between children and parents during making at museum-based makerspace International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Yong Ju Jung, Devon Purington Whalen, Heather Toomey Zimmerman
ABSTRACT Epistemic agency is situated within social, cultural, and material contexts of learning. Making and inventing supports children’s and families’ creative thinking, problem-solving, and knowledge construction, through which they are positioned as active knowledge agents and their epistemic agency is represented. This article examines how the epistemic agency of children and parents shifted as
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‘Part of our DNA': intergenerational family learning in informal science International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-07-22 Jon Simmons, Todd Campbell, David M. Moss, John C. Volin, Chester Arnold, Laura M. Cisneros, Cary Chadwick, David Dickson, Nicole Freidenfelds
ABSTRACT Families create contexts for learning to enhance and support the interests of their children, while simultaneously teaching language, morals, and culture. This research examines intergenerational family teams engaged in a long-term conservation project in their community. Participants were interviewed during and after project completion with the central research purpose of exploring how the
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Mathematical tools for making sense of a global pandemic International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-07-21 Felipe Munoz-Rubke, Felipe Almuna, Jaclyn Duemler, Eloísa Velásquez
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that many countries have failed to provide the general population with the cognitive tools to thoroughly understand and cope with a global health crisis. While scientists and leaders worldwide have struggled to discover ways to contain the spread of the virus, this difficult task has become overwhelming due to the limited ability of many citizens to grasp the
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Accelerating high school students’ science career trajectories through non-formal science volunteer programs International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-07-18 K. Rende, M. Gail Jones, Emma Refvem, Sarah J. Carrier, Megan Ennes
ABSTRACT Extensive research shows that non-formal science education programs effectively build and sustain long-term interest and persistence in science careers. Framed by expectancy-value theory, this study examined the academic and career outcomes of students who participated in a multi-year volunteer program at a science museum. Twenty-one participants were interviewed about their motivations for
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How do readers at different career stages approach reading a scientific research paper? A case study in the biological sciences International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Katharine E. Hubbard, Sonja D. Dunbar, Emma L. Peasland, Jacquelyne Poon, Jeremy E. Solly
ABSTRACT Reading primary research literature is an essential skill for scientists. However, the high complexity of research papers may pose a barrier to the development of scientific literacy. In semi-structured interviews, we explore how 33 biologists including undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers approach reading an unfamiliar scientific paper. We find that some readers are data-centric
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Beyond measure: using cogenerative dialogues as a formative assessment to improve PBL science internships International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Pei-Ling Hsu, Yi-Yu Liao
ABSTRACT Project-based learning has been suggested as an effective student-centered practice to teach science. However, how to assess students’ learning in project-based learning activities remains challenging because of its open-ended nature. In this study of high school students’ science internships, we demonstrated that cogenerative dialogs can serve as a formative assessment to improve teaching
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EDITORIAL: The Journal – 10 years on International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-06-17 Susan M. Stocklmayer, Léonie J. Rennie
Published in International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement (Vol. 12, No. 2, 2022)
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Primary pathways: elementary pupils’ aspiration to be engineers and STEM subject interest International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Juliet Edmonds, Fay Lewis, Laura Fogg-Rogers
ABSTRACT Across Europe, there is concern about the number and diversity of pupils taking study routes leading to Engineering. There is growing evidence that these career choices begin to form at elementary school age (Moote et al., 2020). Science, maths and design and technology are seen as subject choices necessary for pupils’ progression into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
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Women in science: a Brazilian experience through immersive narratives in 360° videos International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-05-22 Dindara S. Galvão, Renata B. Biazzi, Gustavo Chagas de Morais, Caetano R. Miranda
ABSTRACT Arts offer an engaging opportunity to bring about women's underrepresentation issues in physics. In this work, we report the creation process, production, and reception of the short 360° video entitled ‘Women in Science.’ This movie maps and portrays female researchers’ situation in physics at the University of Sao Paulo, a representative subset of the Brazilian physics community. The 360°
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Teaching scientists to communicate: developing science communication training based on scientists’ knowledge and self-reflectiveness International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Jean A. Parrella, T. J. Koswatta, H. R. Leggette, S. Ramasubramanian, T. Rutherford
ABSTRACT Guided by the theory of planned behavior and the science communication learning goals model, we conducted a survey to identify science communication training needs of university scientists (n = 266) at a large US land-grant university. Results indicate that most respondents believed scientists and media relations offices were most responsible for communicating science to the public but only
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Exploring how high school students experience intrinsically motivating elements in a science communication lecture on research in chemistry International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-05-09 Franciani Cassia Sentanin, Matheus dos Santos Barbosa da Silva, Rosana F. Martinhão, Kenia Naara Parra, Daniela M. L. Barbato, Ana Claudia Kasseboehmer
ABSTRACT Motivation is a key aspect of learning, and the degree of motivation is primarily dependent on the environment in which the learning process takes place. This article employs a museum-based framework to study the design of intrinsically motivating science communication lectures. The analysis was conducted based on the motivational components of the Selinda Model of Visitor Learning (SMVL)
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Improving public science communication: a case study of scientists’ needs when communicating beyond the academy International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-05-08 Taniya J. Koswatta, J. A. Parrella, H. R. Leggette, S. Ramasubramanian, T. Rutherford
ABSTRACT We investigated how to improve PSC at a large, public university with high research activity by examining scientists’ interest and enjoyment in PSC, their perceived aptitude of PSC skills, the channels they use for PSC, their reasons for choosing to participate in PSC, and the tools they need to engage effectively. We conducted a case study and collected data from scientists across five colleges
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Let’s get virtual! Reinventing a science festival during a pandemic: limitations and insights International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Michela Balestri, Marco Campera, Ellie Beaman, Daniel Bell, Ryan Pink, K. A. I. Nekaris
ABSTRACT Non-formal, yet educative, activities such as science festivals can positively influence the public regarding their attitude towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) subjects and students’ willingness to pursue STEM-related careers. We evaluate the changes made to adapt the Oxford Brookes Science Bazaar, a science festival that has been delivered face-to-face since 2008, to
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Science stories: researchers’ experiences of writing science communication and the implications for training future scientists International Journal of Science Education, Part B Pub Date : 2022-04-15 Raffaella Negretti, Maria Persson, Carina Sjöberg-Hawke
ABSTRACT This study investigates tenured academics’ experiences of science communication—popularization of science, dissemination of scientific knowledge, and collaboration outside academia. Specifically, the study spotlights the written aspect of science communication and explores how scientists approach writing addressing audiences ‘beyond academia’. Adopting an ethnographic narrative interview approach