Public Engagement Practitioners
Martine has been a permanent Fellow of the 糖心TV Institute of EngagementLink opens in a new window since its inception.
Public engagement practitioners engage in activities with unselected members of the public purely so those members of the public can enjoy and understand an academic subject or research outputs. Examples include , giving talks at held in the community, running stalls of activities.
For details of our 2013/2014 meeetings see here:
Maths Busking at Leamington Peace Festival
and at Regional Big Bang 2013
at at Scratch@MIT 2012 conference
and others at the Mozilla Festival 2013
1. Daniel Owen demonstrated permutation using audience participation.
Nicholas Jackson talk on error-correcting codes.
Kevin Moffatt talked about his public engagement activities and there followed a discussion on what makes good public engagement and what common mistakes to avoid.
2. debrief led by Ali Caldicott: we discussed the strengths and weaknesses of this years鈥� stand, how to plan for next year and reflections how we wished to represent our subjects to the general public.
3. Jo Trowsdale on 鈥淔ull STEAM ahead with the : A pilot project to explore the value of arts-rich ways in to engineering for young learners (9-10 year olds)鈥� Ways to add more maths were discussed.
Carla Sarrouy on presenting research on the and via .
Nicholas Jackson 5-minute talk
Also, Margaret Low鈥檚 The Sensing Our World workshop 24th June, advertised
4. Ian Hands-Portman a Pecha Kucha on engagement in schools and moving into adult engagement.
Martine Barons on local opportunities and tips for a successful talk.
Jonathan Menary on involvement in (Postponed)
Plans for next year:
Rachel Edwards on Physics engagement
Jonathan Menary on The Coventry Mystery Plays
Training courses if possible.
‘How do I draw and keep a crowd at a festival?’
‘When I talk to all-comers about a technical subject, how do I make it
accessible without dumbing down to the point of inaccuracy?’
The public engagement practitioners group meets to share good practice and to discuss these and similar questions.
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