Teaching science communication

Courses, curricula, theory and practice

Bibliographic Data

ID22948005
AuthorsJon Turney (Department of the History, Philosophy and Communication of Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. UK, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume3
Issue4
Pages435-443
Publication date1994-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Understanding of Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0963-6625 • E-ISSN: 1361-6609
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1088/0963-6625/3/4/006
OpenAlexW2214963456
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Science communication teaching is a growing area in the UK, and a recent conference brought together teachers of existing and proposed courses to share information and experience. Their courses were of several types, from purely media skills courses for working scientists to theoretical and academic courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students in science, science studies and journalism. The conference stressed the value of skills but also of a theoretical background, and delegates welcomed contributions from fields such as the sociology of scientific knowledge and cognitive psychology. The conference established an electronic network, and formed a committee to maintain the group's interest and activities in the development of course materials and curricula.

Curriculum · Engineering ethics · Journalism · Mathematics education · Media studies · Pedagogy · Science communication · Science education · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Engineering · Psychology

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