1. Citizen Science, Informal Science Education for
21st Century
Science and Technology for Society Forum
Sri Lanka
08 September 2016
Panelist:
Dr Sean Perera FHEA
The Australian National University
Canberra
6. PUS
PEST
Changes to formal
science pedagogy
Science education
reform
Science Communication Science Education
Enquiry-based
Science:
interaction,
discovery and
enjoyment
7. Complementarity of Informal and
Formal Science Education
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Objective 3: Encourage out-of-school activities towards
innovation
Objective 4: Communicate value of informal science education
9. What is Science Communication?
The process by which the
culture and knowledge of
science are exchanged with the
culture of the wider community.
(Chris Bryant, 2003)
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10. What is Science Communication?
The process by which the
culture and knowledge of
science are exchanged with the
culture of the wider community.
(Chris Bryant, 2003)
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Culture is a shared way of thinking within a
community of people, used to make sense of the
world around them, and the processes they invent to
support their shared thought. (Sharon Traweek, 1992)
11. To what extent is the wider Sri Lankan public truly
engaged with scientific culture?
“How many scientists go
to the farmers to find out
their problems?...
How many farmers read
scientific papers?”
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12. Training of Sri Lankan Scientists
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Third World scientists are led to speak and
write primarily to and for an audience of
Western listeners and readers; the
intellectual and technological world systems
make it unreasonable for them to be
primarily interested in Third World
audiences. (Susanth Goonatilake, 1987)
13. Sri Lankan Science Teachers
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“We never think that what we learn for science
could relate to daily-life”
(A Sri Lankan Science
Teacher Interviewee)
Thus highlighting the unique duality that exists
between the home and formal education cultures
of science teachers in Sri Lanka. (Sean Perera,
2011)
