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Science Communication in Theory and Practice
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5647-23-08-10 
Enrollment deadline: 30/06/2023
Tilmelding : Science Communication in Theory and Practice - ONLINE
PlaceInstitut for Naturfagenes Didaktik
Rådmandsgade 64, 2200 København N
Date and time10.07.2023, at: 00:00 -
04.08.2023, at: 00:00
 
Enrollment : Science Communication in Theory and Practice - FACE TO FACE
PlaceInstitut for Naturfagenes Didaktik
Rådmandsgade 64, 2200 København N
Date and time07.08.2023, at: 10:00 -
18.08.2023, at: 15:00
Regular seats10
ECTS credits7.50
Contact personNadja Nordmaj    E-mail address: nnordmaj@ind.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserMarianne Achiam    E-mail address: achiam@ind.ku.dk
Exam formWritten assignment
Exam detailsAugust 2023 Written exam assignment, hand in: 25 August 2023 (midnight)
Course workload
Course workload categoryHours
Preparation100.00
Class Instruction80.00
Exam26.00
Sum206.00
Content
This highly interactive summer school offers students from all disciplines the opportunity to gain skills in the understanding and production of research communication and in interdisciplinary, problem-oriented collaboration. Students will work together to produce high quality science communication products such as short films, podcasts, articles and complementary social media. Project groups will be interdisciplinary, giving students the chance to gain hands-on experience of research and development across disciplinary boundaries.

The two week intensive summer school will be supported by a four week, part-time (25 hours per week) programme of online teaching, readings, and short tasks which will enable students to become familiar with the theory and practice of public science communication. They will engage with topics such as the history of science communication, the narrative techniques and formats through which it can be carried out, and how key messages can be conveyed clearly, accurately and memorably.

Learning outcome
By participating actively in this course, you will acquire the following knowledge, skills and competencies:

Knowledge:
You will be able to account for key methods and theories in the study of science communication, including models of communication, scientific knowledge, audience reception, and analytical frames.

Skills:
You will be able to create science communication products which utilise specific formats to communicate scientific knowledge to defined audiences.

Competencies:
You will be able to critically examine instances of science communication by drawing on appropriate theories and methods in the field.
You will be able to communicate such assessment and analysis with precision and in terms relevant to the academic debate in the field.

Literature
Students will engage with texts introducing the theory and methods of public science communication, as well as with instances of written (and other) communication. The course content will use a set of real world case studies, including climate change and emerging biotechnology, and readings will also include examples and analyses of these.

Lecturers
Louise Emma Whiteley

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Individual
Collective
Continuous feedback during the course
Feedback by final exam (In addition to the grade)
Peer feedback (Students give each other feedback)
During the online part of the course, participants give each other written peer feedback.

Other forms of feedback during the face to face part of the course:

Individual and collective oral feedback from the teacher and peers
Oral peer feedback during group work
Collective oral feedback from the teacher during supervision of group work
Oral feedback from teacher and peers following participants’ presentation of their final product

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