Presentation Details
| Let’s update scicomm training to meet today's sociopolitical challenges Robin Tinghitella1, Dale Broder2, Kailey Hicks1, Bethann Garramon-Merkle3, Virginia Schutte4, Rebecca Swenson5, Meena Balgopal6, Evelyn Valdez-Ward7. 1University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.2American University, Washington, DC, USA.3University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.4University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.5Independent, New Jersey, NJ, USA.6University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA.7Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.8University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
Abstract
Communication is the top job skill required across all sectors, so all students should be equipped to communicate effectively and ethically. Yet, most scientists never receive training in science communication within their disciplines and feel ill-equipped to share science broadly. In an effort to improve EEBC (ecology, evolution and behavior and conservation) students’ training in scicomm, we (1) analyzed >200 scicomm syllabi and (2) reviewed the literature on scicomm training to determine what is being taught. Results indicate a narrow focus on communication with subject experts to the exclusion of communication with non-specialist audiences (scicomm). We assembled a transdisciplinary community of practice and propose a unified training framework emphasising often-ignored dimensions of scicomm training (e.g., a growth mindset, assessment of scicomm efforts, and collective action to enhance scicomm both in and out of academic spheres). Visitors to this interactive poster will be invited to (a) contribute to our framework through short surveys displayed on the poster in real-time and (b) get involved in future experiments testing the training framework in EEBC classrooms.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author.
Content Locked. Log into a registered attendee account to access this presentation.