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Family connections to local science issues: how scientists use questions to engage families in personally-relevant learning during science-themed workshops
International Journal of Science Education, Part B ( IF 1.4 ) Pub Date : 2019-03-05 , DOI: 10.1080/21548455.2019.1584419
Lucy R. McClain 1 , Heather Toomey Zimmerman 2
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how scientist-led educational programs, held in libraries, can make local science issues relevant to families. Given the need for an educated citizenry, it is important to explore if scientists – as learning facilitators – can use educational strategies to engage intergenerational groups. We view family learning from a sociocultural perspective where parent-child interactions and sensemaking practices are the focus of our analysis. We analyzed three water quality-themed workshops held at public libraries consisting of 25 hours of video data. With a focus on 17 participant family groups, we closely examined the influence of questions asked by three different scientists (each leading a workshop) to understand how the structure of these questions supported or did not support the families in sensemaking conversations. Our findings revealed a relationship between the types of questions the scientists asked and families’ talk related to the program content. Specifically, three questioning patterns emerged that either supported or hindered family connecting conversations: (1) family-focused question prompts, (2) scientist-focused question prompts (anti-questions), and (3) closed-ended question prompts. Our analysis illustrates that personally-relevant family learning about science in their community is supported by conversational opportunities for families to make connections between science and their shared experiences.

中文翻译:

家庭与当地科学问题的联系:科学家如何在科学主题的研讨会上利用问题来让家庭参与与个人相关的学习

摘要这项研究调查了在图书馆举办的科学家主导的教育计划如何使与家庭有关的当地科学问题。鉴于需要受过良好教育的公民,重要的是要探索作为学习促进者的科学家是否可以使用教育策略来吸引代际群体。我们从社会文化的角度来看家庭学习,其中父母与孩子的互动和感性实践是我们分析的重点。我们分析了在公共图书馆举办的三个以水质为主题的研讨会,其中包括25个小时的视频数据。我们重点关注了17个参与的家庭小组,我们仔细研究了三位不同科学家(每个人领导一个研讨会)提出的问题的影响,以了解这些问题的结构如何支持或不支持家庭进行有意义的对话。我们的发现揭示了科学家提出的问题类型与与计划内容相关的家庭谈话之间的关系。具体来说,出现了三种支持或阻碍家庭联系的提问方式:(1)以家庭为中心的问题提示;(2)以科学家为中心的问题提示(反问题);(3)封闭式问题提示。我们的分析表明,与家人相关的家庭在其社区中对科学的学习受到家庭在科学与共享经验之间建立联系的对话机会的支持。出现了三种支持或阻碍家庭联系的提问方式:(1)以家庭为中心的问题提示,(2)以科学家为中心的问题提示(反问题),以及(3)封闭式问题提示。我们的分析表明,与家人相关的家庭在其社区中对科学的学习受到家庭在科学与共享经验之间建立联系的对话机会的支持。出现了三种支持或阻碍家庭联系的提问方式:(1)以家庭为中心的问题提示;(2)以科学家为中心的问题提示(反问题);(3)封闭式问题提示。我们的分析表明,与家人相关的家庭在其社区中对科学的学习受到家庭在科学与共享经验之间建立联系的对话机会的支持。
更新日期:2019-03-05
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