Bringing different worlds together: Engaging very low social and science capital audiences on Teesside through exoplanet science

我将参观英国一些最贫困社区的学校，与孩子、老师和家长共度时光。我的目标是分享我对天文学的热情，特别是对系外行星的研究：系外行星是指围绕太阳以外的恒星运行的恒星。我认为大多数人都对这门科学感兴趣，这是像《星球大战》这样的电影系列中常见的一些基本概念。系外行星是介绍科学和数学思想的伟大载体。我希望能克服一些低社会资本群体成员对科学和数学的反感。我专门针对蒂赛德，包括我长大的社区的学校。在这些社区找不到多少研究科学家，我希望证明，他们的孩子可以渴望他们选择的任何职业。我将利用我的一些时间来发展蒂赛德科技工作人员的网络，并促进他们与我的目标学校的联合活动。蒂赛德有一个强大的、不断增长的21世纪数字经济，但两个世界之间缺乏互动。我将与那些在自己的学校没有成功获得科学资格的家长合作，我们将共同开发门户资源，让免费在线教育的世界更容易获得。我将评估哪种类型的参与互动会产生最持久的影响，并与英国各地的研究科学家分享这些发现。我将为BBC电台Tees的一个常规专题《太空中的这一周》做贡献。

I will visit schools in some of the most deprived communities of the UK, and spend time with children, teachers and parents. My aim is to share my enthusiasm for astronomy, specifically for the study of exoplanets: stars orbiting stars other than the sun. I think most people are interested in this science, some of the basic concepts familiar from film franchises like Star Wars. Exoplanets are a great vehicle for introducing scientific and mathematical ideas. I hope to overcome the aversion to science and maths that some members of low social capital communities feel. I am specifically targeting Teesside, including schools in the neighbourhood I grew up. There are not many research scientists to be found in these neighbourhoods, and I hope to demonstrate that children from them can aspire to any career they choose. I will use some of my time to developing networks of people who work in science and technology on Teesside, and facilitating joint events involving them and my target schools. There is a strong and growing digital 21st Century economy on Teesside, but a shortage of interactions between the two worlds apart. I will work with parents who did not succeed in gaining science qualifications in their own schooling, and together we will develop gateway resources to make the world of free online education more accessible. I will evaluate which types of engagement interactions produce the most lasting impacts, and share these findings with research scientists across the UK. I will contribute to a regular feature "This week in Space" on BBC Radio Tees.