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Interactive youth science workshops benefit student participants and graduate student mentors.
PLOS Biology ( IF 7.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-30 , DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000668
Pallavi Kompella ₁ , Brant Gracia ₂ , Lucy LeBlanc ₃ , Shelly Engelman ₄ , Chinmayee Kulkarni ₄ , Niral Desai ₅ , Viviana June ₃ , Stephen March ₆ , Sarah Pattengale ₃ , Gabriel Rodriguez-Rivera ₇ , Seung Woo Ryu ₃ , Isabel Strohkendl ₃ , Pooja Mandke ₃ , Greg Clark _{3,

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Science communication and outreach are essential for training the next generation of scientists and raising public awareness for science. Providing effective science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational outreach to students in classrooms is challenging because of the need to form partnerships with teachers, the time commitment required for the presenting scientist, and the limited class time allotted for presentations. In our Present Your Ph.D. Thesis to a 12-Year Old outreach project, our novel solution to this problem is hosting a youth science workshop (YSW) on our university campus. The YSW is an interpersonal science communication and outreach experience in which graduate students from diverse scientific disciplines introduce middle and high school students to their cutting-edge research and mentor them to develop a white-board presentation to communicate the research to the workshop audience. Our assessment of the YSW indicated that participating young students expressed significantly more positive attitudes toward science and increased motivation to work in a STEM career after attending the workshop. Qualitative follow-up interviews with participating graduate students' show that even with minimal time commitment, an impactful science communication training experience can be achieved. The YSW is a low-cost, high-reward educational outreach event amenable to all disciplines of science. It enhances interest and support of basic science research while providing opportunities for graduate students to engage with the public, improve their science communication skills, and enhance public understanding of science. This YSW model can be easily implemented at other higher education institutions to globally enhance science outreach initiatives.

中文翻译：

互动式青年科学研讨会使学生参与者和研究生导师受益。

科学交流和外展对于培训下一代科学家和提高公众对科学的认识至关重要。在课堂上向学生提供有效的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育服务具有挑战性，因为需要与教师建立合作伙伴关系，演讲科学家需要花费时间，而且演讲分配的课堂时间有限。在我们的礼物你的博士关于12年期外展项目的论文，我们针对此问题的新颖解决方案是在我们的大学校园内举办青年科学研讨会（YSW）。YSW是一种人际科学交流和外展体验，来自不同科学学科的研究生将中学生和高中生介绍到他们的前沿研究中，并指导他们开发白板演示文稿，以将研究成果传达给工作坊听众。我们对YSW的评估表明，参加研讨会的年轻学生对科学表现出明显更积极的态度，并增加了从事STEM职业的积极性。对参与研究的研究生进行的定性跟进采访表明，即使花费最少的时间，也可以取得有意义的科学交流培训经验。YSW是适用于所有科学学科的低成本，高回报的教育推广活动。它增加了基础科学研究的兴趣和支持，同时为研究生提供了与公众互动，提高他们的科学交流技能以及增强公众对科学认识的机会。这种YSW模型可以在其他高等教育机构轻松实施，以在全球范围内增强科学推广计划。

更新日期：2020-03-30

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