Poster – Storytelling by an exemplary scientist to engage high school students in scientific practice

April 29th, 2017 | RESEARCH

This poster was presented at 2017 Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Symposium, El Paso, TX.

One of the principal challenges of the partnership of scientists and high school students are the existent barriers of language between them (Kim & Fortner, 2007). In other words, since scientists are usefully deemed as characters with higher power, status, and knowledge, students may feel nervous or intimidated, especially when scientists speak jargons and complex language. The best educators have a magical way of engaging their audiences with compelling stories. Even the talented few know that effective storytelling requires careful planning and practice and knowing the audience (Komoroske et al., 2015). Therefore, the purpose of this ethnographic study is to demonstrate how an exemplary scientist could communicate effectively with students through story telling.

Document

05-2017-Ochoa-VillalobosHsu-COURI-Poster.pdf

Team Members

Vania Ochoa Villalobos, Author, University of Texas, El Paso
Pei-Ling Hsu, Author, University of Texas, El Paso

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1322600

Related URLs

Transforming Students' Partnership with Scientists Through Cogenerative Dialogues

Tags

Audience: Learning Researchers | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: General STEM | Nature of science | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Laboratory Programs | Public Programs