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Science Festival Snippets: Knowledge is Power: A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Adult Audience Preferences for Engagement and Learning Formats Over 3 Years of a Health Science Festival

Science Festival Snippets: Knowledge is Power: A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Adult Audience Preferences for Engagement and Learning Formats Over 3 Years of a Health Science Festival

by Jen Gathings | Sep 8, 2020 | General News

What do we know? The emerging consensus among researchers and professionals is that participation in informal science learning opportunities is more impactful when participants have the opportunity to actively engage in hands-on activities and demonstrations.Science...
Science Festival Snippets: Science Communication as Emotion Work: Negotiating Curiosity and Wonder at a Science Festival

Science Festival Snippets: Science Communication as Emotion Work: Negotiating Curiosity and Wonder at a Science Festival

by Jen Gathings | Sep 8, 2020 | General News

What do we know? Science festival organizers often create events with the goal of inspiring wonder, awe, surprise, and/or curiosity among attendees, thus giving emotions a central place in the production and reception of science public science communication.Emotion...
Science Festival Snippets: Midwest Science Festival: Exploring Students’ and Parents’ Participation in and Attitudes Toward Science

Science Festival Snippets: Midwest Science Festival: Exploring Students’ and Parents’ Participation in and Attitudes Toward Science

by Jen Gathings | Sep 8, 2020 | General News

What do we know? Research shows that formal science learning (i.e., in the classroom) and informal science learning (i.e., learning without formal structure) can impact attitudes toward and interest in science.Informal science activities, including exposure and...
Science Festival Snippets: Evaluation Findings from Pint of Service Thailand

Science Festival Snippets: Evaluation Findings from Pint of Service Thailand

by Jen Gathings | Sep 8, 2020 | General News

What do we know? Although science festivals tend to be geared toward children and families, many science festivals have begun including demonstrations and activities for adults (e.g., beer tastings, the science of gaming, etc.).Pint of Science is one of the largest...
Science Festival Snippets: “Understanding Engagement with Science Festivals”

Science Festival Snippets: “Understanding Engagement with Science Festivals”

by Jen Gathings | Jun 29, 2020 | General News

Article: “Understanding Engagement with Science Festivals: Who Are the Engaged?” What do we know? In 2015, the British Science Association (BSA) began developing a framework to describe how various groups differentially engage with science. They posited...
Science Festival Snippets: “How we engaged audiences in informal science education”

Science Festival Snippets: “How we engaged audiences in informal science education”

by Jen Gathings | Jun 29, 2020 | General News

Article: “How we engaged audiences in informal science education through the inaugural Arkansas Science Festival” What do we know? Few science festivals are held in the rural Mississippi Delta, an economically poor region with a historically agricultural...
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