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Dear colleagues,
Please excuse cross postings. Below you find an invitation to an interesting
symposium in Vienna that is a part of the EU project ECFUN where Teknikens
Hus is one of the partners.
Best regards
Olle
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Olle Nordberg
Director
Teknikens Hus
S-971 87 Luleċ
SWEDEN
Dear Colleague!
We wish you all a Happy New Year and announce an upcoming event, which might
be an inspiring beginning of 2008 for you: "COMMUNICATING SCIENCE TO THE
YOUNG - FUTURE NETWORKS"
Symposium, Vienna Jan 31st - Feb 2nd 2008
WHY COMMUNICATING SCIENCE TO THE YOUNG?
Making science more accessible and understandable for the general public has
become in important goal in Europe in recent years. Numerous approaches have
been pursued to promote young people's interest in science and to bring
about a change in children's and young people's perception of careers in
science.
However, current research clearly reveals a persistent lack of appropriate
perceptions of science and research. Scientific subjects are still deemed to
be too difficult and not sufficiently appealing - and this is notably true
from a gender specific point of view.
HOW CAN WE DEAL WITH IT?
The ECFUN-Consortium (European Children's Future University Network) invites
you to discuss this topic related to practice.
What are the challenges encountered in practice? How can successful methods
and approaches be adapted and taken up? How can effects be broadened? What
are effective and practical ways to improve science communication? How to
enhance scientific attitude among children and young people? Is co-operation
and networking a suitable means of bridging the gap between specific
approaches?
This issues will be in the focus of "Communicating science to the young -
Future networks". The symposium will take place form Jan 31st - Feb. 2nd
2008 at the University of Vienna, Austria.
Participation in the symposium is free, but seating capacity is limited -
please register soon! (Closing date: Jan 21st 2008)
Please visit the following website for further information on the programme
and to register for the symposium:
www.univie.ac.at/kinder/symposium2008
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The most important component of a symposium is the people who attend - an
this will particularly be true during "Communicating science to the young -
Future networks". We want to bring together professionals and
non-professionals in the field of science communication geared towards
children. Scientists, educators, journalists, media producers, policy
makers, science centre professionals, business leaders, science philosophers
- people who have never had a chance to meet.
We want them to get to know each other and we want them to talk!
Abundant room for discussion, exchange and active participation will be
given in workshops and "Open Spaces". The symposium's three days are
intended for fostering the dialogue between various types of organisations
and stimulating innovative forms of co-operation and communication. For
sharing ideas and information, there will be opportunities throughout the
symposium to gather in small groups - over coffee in our "Smart cafe",
"Mini-poster session", the "Science playground" and more
We hope you will find this symposium of interest and of value and look
forward to seeing you in Vienna.
Kind regards,
Karoline Iber
Chris Gary
Project Coordinator ECFUN, University of Vienna - Children's Office on
behalf of the ECFUN Consortium (www.ecfun.eu)
www.univie.ac.at/kinder/symposium2008
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