Transforming science for young people: Marie Neurath and Isotype books for children

这个后续项目通过确定将吸引年轻人和公众参与的科学传播方法，提高了在“重访同种型”项目（AHRC AH/E00895/1）中进行的原始研究的价值。它旨在为玛丽·纽拉特在20世纪40年代和50年代为儿童制作的书籍中所采取的科学传播方法创造新的受众。这些书中的插图，如“自然的奇妙世界”和“现代世界的奇妙”，在复杂信息的设计方法上是创新的。项目小组包括最初的“同种型重访”小组的成员;阅读教育研究所的同事和他们的学生;阅读小学的教师和孩子;计划合作伙伴包括科学传播及教育机构Design Science，以及位于伦敦的画廊House of Illustration。该小组将为小学科学教学制作具创意的短片及动画短片。这些资源将包括指导教师如何使用基于玛丽纽拉特的解释性插图的插图制作插图。作为设计过程的一部分，与教师和师范教育工作者进行磋商，将确保他们的想法和需要得到考虑。试点学校将参与评估资源的有效性，以确保它们是相关的和有效的。一个策划和设计的公共展览将展示玛丽Neurath的工作的文化影响，特别是提高她的独特的方法来说明，使用比较，规模和“之前和之后”的情况下，结合大胆的颜色功能使用的认识。为了吸引新的观众参与这项工作，2019年夏季在House of Illustration举办的这个面向公众的展览将展示儿童书籍中的玛丽·纽拉特插图的例子，以及草图，图纸和信件，展示设计过程的迭代性质。设计科学将为材料的当代解释提供想法，以吸引非专业观众参与科学。插画之家将为展览的设计和策展提供建议，并在伦敦国王十字的文化区提供场地。

This Follow-on project enhances the value of the original research undertaken in the 'Isotype revisited' project (AHRC AH/E00895/1) by identifying approaches to science communication that will engage young people and the general public. It aims to create new audiences for the approach to science communication taken by Marie Neurath in her books for children, produced in the 1940s and 1950s. The illustrations in these books, in series such as the 'Wonder world of nature' and 'Wonders of the modern world', were innovative in their approach to the design of complex information.The project team includes members of the original 'Isotype revisited' group; colleagues at the Institute of Education at Reading and their students; teachers and children in primary schools in Reading; project partners Design Science, a science communication and education agency; and House of Illustration, a gallery in London.The team will produce innovative and creative worksheets and animated video for primary school science teaching. The resources will include guidelines for teachers about how to produce worksheets using illustrations based on Marie Neurath's explanatory illustrations. Consultation with teachers and teacher educators as part of the design process will ensure that their ideas and needs are taken into account. Pilot schools will be involved in evaluating the effectiveness of the resources to ensure they are relevant and effective.A curated and designed public exhibition will demonstrate the cultural impact of Marie Neurath's work, in particular raising awareness of her distinctive approach to illustration, using comparison, scale and 'before and after' scenarios, combined with functional use of bold colours. To engage new audiences with this work, this public-facing exhibition at House of Illustration, in summer 2019, will show examples of Marie Neurath's illustration from the children's books, as well as sketches, drawings and correspondence that show the iterative nature of the design process. Design Science will contribute ideas for the contemporary interpretation of the material to engage non-specialist audiences in science. House of Illustration will advise on design and curation of the exhibition, and provide a venue in the cultural quarter at Kings Cross, London.