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Materials for training and design of family workshops

  • December 2013
  • Education & learning
  • Topics in science
  • Material for workshops and exhibitions
  • Practical guide or toolkit

Materials for five workshops, developed to assist museum educators who wish to further develop their ability to support parents and carers in their role as educators of their children. Produced in 2013 as part of EU-funded FEAST project.

  1. TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE: FLOATING AND SINKING
  2. VEHICLES THAT ROLL: MECHANICS
  3. AERONAUTIC SPACE AREA PRACTICE
  4. MOBILE PARENTS MEETING: SOUND
  5. A ROBOT IN THE FAMILY: ROBOTICS

Context: FEAST was a two year EU-funded project aiming at enhancing the role that adults play when, as parents and carers, they support their children’s engagement with science and technology in informal science institutions such as museums and science centres.

The project ended in November 2013 and resulted in insights and learning on how to engage parents as educators of their children in science.

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Keywords

  • workshops
  • families
  • explainers
  • adults
  • aeronautics
  • robots
  • fluids
  • mechanics
  • sound

Project

FEAST

FEAST built on the success of another European project, PILOTS, that worked towards the professionalization of explainers in science centres and museums. This time, participants focussed on a specific target audience: parents. Their role as learning catalysts was explored and a method drawn up to develop activities fostering their involvement as confident and knowledgeable science educators of their children.