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Effects of Astrobiology Lectures on Knowledge and Attitudes about Science in Incarcerated Populations.
Astrobiology ( IF 3.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-09 , DOI: 10.1089/ast.2019.2209
Nalini M Nadkarni 1 , Daniella Scalice 2 , Jeremy S Morris 3 , Joslyn R Trivett 4 , Kelli Bush 4 , Allison Anholt 1 , Joshua J Horns 1 , Bradford T Davey 5 , Hilarie B Davis 5
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The incarcerated population has little or no access to science education programs, STEM resources, or scientists. We explored the effects of a low-cost, potentially high-impact informal science education program that enabled NASA scientists to provide astrobiology lectures to adults inside 16 correctional institutions in three states. Post- versus pre-lecture surveys suggest that presentations significantly increased science content knowledge, positively shifted attitudes about science and scientists, increased a sense of science self-identity, and enhanced behavioral intentions about communicating science. These were significant across ethnicity, gender, education level, and institution type, size, location, and state. Men scored higher than women on pre-lecture survey questions. Among men, participants with greater levels of education and White non-Hispanics scored higher than those with less educational attainment and African American and other minority participants. Increases in science content knowledge were greater for women than men and, among men, for those with lower levels of education and African American participants. Women increased more in science identity than did men. Thus, even limited exposure to voluntary, non-credit science lectures delivered by scientists can be an effective way to broker a relationship to science for this underserved public group and can potentially serve as a step to broaden participation in science.

中文翻译:

天体生物学讲座对被监禁人群科学知识和态度的影响。

被监禁的人群很少或根本无法获得科学教育计划、STEM 资源或科学家。我们探索了一项低成本、潜在高影响力的非正式科学教育计划的影响,该计划使 NASA 科学家能够为三个州的 16 家惩教机构内的成年人提供天体生物学讲座。课后与课前调查表明,演讲显着增加了科学内容知识,积极转变了对科学和科学家的态度,增强了科学自我认同感,并增强了有关传播科学的行为意图。这些在种族、性别、教育水平和机构类型、规模、地点和州方面都很重要。男性在课前调查问题上的得分高于女性。在男人当中,受教育程度较高的参与者和非西班牙裔白人的得分高于受教育程度较低的参与者以及非裔美国人和其他少数族裔参与者。女性在科学内容知识方面的增长要大于男性,而在男性中,受教育程度较低的人和非裔美国人参与者的科学知识增长幅度更大。与男性相比,女性在科学认同方面的增长更多。因此,即使有限地接触由科学家提供的自愿的、非学分的科学讲座,也可以成为这个服务不足的公共团体与科学建立关系的有效方式,并有可能作为扩大科学参与的一步。女性在科学内容知识方面的增长大于男性,而在男性中,受教育程度较低的人和非裔美国人参与者的科学知识增长幅度更大。与男性相比,女性在科学认同方面的增长更多。因此,即使有限地接触由科学家提供的自愿的、非学分的科学讲座,也可以成为这个服务不足的公共团体与科学建立关系的有效方式,并有可能作为扩大科学参与的一步。女性在科学内容知识方面的增长大于男性,而在男性中,受教育程度较低的人和非裔美国人参与者的科学知识增长幅度更大。与男性相比,女性在科学认同方面的增长更多。因此,即使有限地接触由科学家提供的自愿的、非学分的科学讲座,也可以成为这个服务不足的公共团体与科学建立关系的有效方式,并有可能作为扩大科学参与的一步。
更新日期:2020-10-11
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