GIREP 2022, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Session

Informal and Non-Formal Learning

INF

Jul 7, 2022, 10:30 AM

Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana

Conveners

Informal and Non-Formal Learning

• Moritz Kriegel (Technical University of Darmstadt)

Description

Informal Learning and Non-Formal Learning of Physics

From science centers and outreach to learning from everyday experience.

133. (V) “Astronomy for Sailors” A Web Game to Learn Physics Using a Clock and the Sun

Simone Iovenitti

7/7/22, 10:30 AM

Informal Learning and Non-Formal Learning of Physics

Oral presentation

If you were on a sailing boat, far from the coast, could you tell your position on Earth using just a clock and the Sun? This is the challenge for hundreds of students at our interactive astronomy workshop in the context of the “Genova Science Festival” (Italy, 2021). Visitors played on a web application that we developed from scratch, with the help of trained scientific animators. However,...

142. Astronomy and telescope courses as after school activities

Filip Hložek

7/7/22, 11:10 AM

Informal Learning and Non-Formal Learning of Physics

Oral presentation

In this contribution the research of astronomical courses in the Czech Republic is presented. It has been focused on the activities organized by the observatories and lecturers of the courses. Inspired by these we developed other activities and manuals that can be used by teachers or other people interested in astronomy.

40. Development of a RIASEC-based model to analyse students’ perceptions of the work of nuclear- and astrophysicists

Moritz Kriegel (Technical University of Darmstadt)

7/7/22, 11:30 AM

Informal Learning and Non-Formal Learning of Physics

Oral presentation

There are stereotypical beliefs about the work of scientists among students. These can lead to a lack of interest and ill-considered occupational choices. We aim at developing a model to represent a comprehensive overview of the work of physicists, based on the RIASEC+N-model of vocational interest types [1]. We focus on the work of researchers in a Collaborative Research Centre in the field...

183. (Cancelled) Paving the way for fostering scientific civic literacy: an Italian national study on how primary school children perceive scientists

Informal Learning and Non-Formal Learning of Physics

Oral presentation

Fostering the public understanding of science and technology is widely recognized as a crucial issue in order to develop appropriate skills for 21st century citizenship. The development of policies aimed to this needs a clear picture of how the public feels about science and technology and the people making them (i.e., scientists and engineers). The perception acquired during childhood,...