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- Title
Engaging Teenagers with Genetics and Genomics through a School-based Competition: Pilot Evaluation.
- Authors
Weitkamp, Emma; Arnold, Dawn
- Abstract
As part of a university outreach programme, the authors ran an interschool competition encouraging young people (year 10, age 14-15) to explore their ideas about the likely social impacts of whole genome screening. Schools participating in the competition selected teams of 4-5 young people who participated in a one day workshop. This workshop provided an introduction to whole genome screening, what it is and what it might (and might not) be able to tell us about our future health. The workshop also included sessions on communicating scientific ideas through film (e.g. storyboarding and basic editing). Students were then instructed to create a 4-6 minute film about genomics and what issues it might present for individuals and/or society. Students reconvened for a second workshop to view and discuss the films created. This paper focuses on a thematic analysis of the films entered in the competition, exploring the issues that students raise. In addition to the thematic analysis, quantitative and qualitative data were collected that enable a preliminary exploration of student learning. This will be explored in the context of what students of this age already know and how they have built upon this learning during the competition.
- Subjects
OUTREACH programs; INTERSCHOOL cooperation; GENOMICS; GENETICS; ADULT education workshops; STORYBOARDS
- Publication
International Journal of Science in Society, 2013, Vol 4, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
1836-6236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18848/1836-6236/CGP/v04i01/51363