Public engagement and informal science
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Research projects in this theme examine aspects of public engagement and informal science learning that contribute to people's attitudes and relationships to science. Projects include explorations of the history, function, strengths and weaknesses of science centres and other endeavours designed to promote science learning in informal contexts; creative approaches to science teaching that incorporate science communication theory and methods; and experimental methods of public engagement with science.
This theme includes the UNESCO Chair in Science Communication for the Public Good and the Questacon Science Circus.
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