Listening and empowering: children and science communication
In the editorial of this issue of JCOM, we underline how children are on one hand one of the main target group for science communication, and on the other hand a largely excluded group in the shift from a linear diffusion model to a dialogic model of science communication. In this series of comments, stimulated by the EU - FP7-Science in society project `SiS-Catalyst - 2013 children as change agents for science in society' (a four year programme aimed at crossing the science in society and the social inclusion agendas), we would like to explore methods and approaches that can ensure that, in science communication contexts, children can be listened to, that they are given the chance to express their view, and that they can be empowered in building their own relationship with science, and thus a sense of ownership for scientific knowledge.
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Invited commentaries
Children’s issues have become a greater priority on political agendas since the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the …
Children Universities are an emerging approach and acknowledged example of successful science communication for and with children. They represent in fact a scheme …
Children’s involvement in science communication
Dec 11, 2013Listening to and empowering children is a main objective of the EU project SIS Catalyst – Children as Change Agents for Science in …
In the last two years SISSA Medialab designed, tested and evaluated two projects aiming at empowering children (in one case) and teenagers (in …