Public Understanding of Science

Can Video Unlock the Mysteries of Journal Articles for Prospective Future Scientists?
Higher Education Reform
January 20, 2022

Can Video Unlock the Mysteries of Journal Articles for Prospective Future Scientists?

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How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper
News
October 19, 2020

How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper

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Archived Webinar: Fostering a Scientifically Informed Populace
Communication
October 3, 2016

Archived Webinar: Fostering a Scientifically Informed Populace

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Children’s Perceptions: Teachers are Girls, Scientists are Boys
News
August 18, 2014

Children’s Perceptions: Teachers are Girls, Scientists are Boys

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Meet Dinglebat, P. Brain and Nutter: The Academics in Kid’s Picture Books

Meet Dinglebat, P. Brain and Nutter: The Academics in Kid’s Picture Books

Academics in children’s picture books tend to be elderly, old men, who work in science, called Professor SomethingDumb. Michelle Terras argues it matters if children are shown that researchers are male, mad and muddleheaded.

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Surveying the Terrain of Science’s Public Outreach Past

Surveying the Terrain of Science’s Public Outreach Past

The campaign to communicate the impact of the social sciences has been compared to the era of the Bodmer report. Here’s a quick primer on that 1985 effort and some of the history of publicizing science in the UK.

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