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

这一后续项目通过确定能够吸引年轻人和公众参与的科学传播方法，提高了“同型重访”项目(AHRC AH/E00895/1)中进行的原始研究的价值。它的目的是为玛丽·纽拉斯在她20世纪40年代和50年代出版的儿童书籍中所采取的科学传播方法创造新的受众。这些书中的插图系列，如《大自然的奇观》和《现代世界的奇观》，在设计复杂信息的方法上都是创新的。项目团队包括最初的‘等同类型重访’小组的成员；雷丁教育研究所的同事和他们的学生；雷丁小学的教师和儿童；项目合作伙伴设计科学，一家科学交流和教育机构；以及伦敦的一家画廊。该项目团队将为小学科学教学制作创新和创造性的工作表和动画视频。这些资源将包括指导教师如何使用玛丽·纽拉斯的说明性插图制作工作表。作为设计过程的一部分，与教师和教师教育工作者的协商将确保他们的想法和需求得到考虑。试点学校将参与评估这些资源的有效性，以确保它们是相关和有效的。一个策划和设计的公共展览将展示玛丽·纽拉斯的作品的文化影响，特别是提高人们对她独特的插图方法的认识，使用比较、比例和“前后”场景，以及大胆色彩的功能性使用。为了吸引新的观众参与这件作品，2019年夏天在插图之家举行的这个面向公众的展览将展示玛丽·纽拉斯从儿童书籍中获得的插图范例，以及展示设计过程迭代性质的草图、素描和信件。设计科学将为材料的当代解释提供想法，以吸引科学领域的非专业受众。插图之家将就展览的设计和策划提供建议，并在伦敦国王十字车站的文化区提供场地。

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.