Introduction
“With the world changing rapidly, new challenges are emerging that threaten the livelihoods of people in the poorest countries. To respond to these challenges ... there is a need for scientific innovation, new knowledge, and fresh ideas.”
(DfID Research Strategy 2008).
The ability of tomorrow’s science to solve the challenge of poverty reduction will only be met if tomorrow’s scientists are educated today about real world science and its responsibilities.
Brief overview
Good development education has always enthused and motivated people to act for, or support, poverty reduction, social justice and environmental sustainability.
This project, working with science educators, will develop activities for teachers and young people in a variety of formal and informal settings. It will help them understand the role science can play in reducing poverty, put their understanding where possible into scientific practice and encourage them to be more willing and able to engage in debates relating to science and the wider world.
The project will work with:
- Teachers and lecturers, secondary science teachers and primary science coordinators
- Young people in school (including alternative provision)
- Young people attending public engagement workshops outside of school
- Science educators (non classroom teachers working in institutions or independently) across the north west.
Key activities
We will set up an advisory group of teachers who will form the pilot group for the CPD as welll as a partnership group of science educators to plan activities around science and invention.
We will deliver:
- public engagement activities and classroom sessions linking science to the poverty reduction agenda
- online activities and support material for pupils and teachers
- Inventors' Clubs for the Real World
- Innovation half day and day sessions schools, youth settings and public engagement
- CPD for teachers entitled What is Science For? and Bad World Science: science in the news
- Lectures and workshops for teachers, teacher trainees and other educators
Partners already engaged
Science Learning Centre North West (www.sciencelearningcentres.org.uk), who will work with DEP to deliver the CPD.
The Museum
of Science and Industry (www.mosi.org.uk), who will host project
activities from meetings to events during Manchester Science Week and run the CPD
with DEP and SLC.
Science educators: Lorelly Wilson
(www.lorellywilson.co.uk), Science Made Simple
(www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk) and Manchester Young Inventors'
Group (www.manchesterinventors.com), who will be involved in all
pilots.
For information please contact Aarti Pandey.
Other links:
http://madlab.org.uk/about/
http://madlab.org.uk/content/girl-geek-afternoon-tea/
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