Where Science Intersects Pop Culture: An Informal Science Education Outreach Program
Where Science Intersects Pop Culture: An Informal Science Education Outreach Program
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科学与流行文化的交叉点：非正式的科学教育推广计划
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2017
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Erica DeFrain
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Raychelle Burks;Kiyomi Deards;Erica DeFrain
吸引普通观众到STEM主题可能是一个挑战，开发引人入胜的互动式教学对所有领域的教育工作者都很重要。虽然许多化学教育工作者已经成功地利用流行文化的主题，向学生介绍科学概念，这些遭遇在很大程度上仅限于正式的课堂环境。受到Science Cafe和Nerd Nite等社区科学项目成功的启发，来自内布拉斯加州两个校区的科学教育工作者试图扩大他们以流行文化为主题的课堂讲座的曝光率，并创建了SciPop Talks!程序.现在进入第五个年头，这个非正式的教育推广计划已成为教师/图书馆员合作伙伴关系和成功的校园推广的典范。在这篇文章中，我们讨论了该计划的形成，概述了它的优势和挑战，并强调了使用互动与学习者参与的重要性。我们报告了对与会者的调查结果，结果显示出令人惊讶的差异和...
Attracting a general audience to STEM topics can be a challenge, and developing engaging and interactive instruction is important for educators in all fields. While many chemical educators have successfully used pop-culture themes to introduce their students to scientific concepts, these encounters are largely limited to formal classroom environments. Inspired by the successes of community science programs such as Science Cafe and Nerd Nite, science educators from two Nebraska campuses sought to broaden the exposure of their pop-culture themed class lectures, and created the SciPop Talks! program. Now entering its fifth year, this informal educational outreach program has become a model of faculty/librarian partnerships and successful campus outreach. In this article, we discuss the program’s formation, outline its strengths and challenges, and stress the importance of using interactivity to engage with learners. We report on findings from a survey of our attendees, which revealed surprising differences a...