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SUMMARY:Values and aesthetics and scientific work: students’ responses t
 o some scientific career options - Professor Keith Taber &amp\; Dr Fran Ri
 ga 
DTSTART:20181203T163000Z
DTEND:20181203T180000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:This seminar considers responses of a sample of secondary scho
 ol students when asked about some areas of scientific work. Students were 
 presented with short vignettes of seven science career areas (medical doct
 or\, cosmologist\, medical researcher\, palaeontologist\, conservationist\
 , anthropologist\, genetic engineer) and asked about how they would feel a
 bout that area of work. \nThere was a recognition of the potential value o
 f scientific work\, and a view that scientific work was often interesting.
  There was also some squeamishness which made some occupations seem unattr
 active to some students. The student comments also linked to epistemologic
 al values or commitments (which in some cases suggested alternative concep
 tions (‘misconceptions’) of the nature of science)\; their perceptions
  of there being a natural order\; to moral questions about killing\, and q
 uestions about the relative value of different species. The student respon
 ses give some insight into how young people view some areas of scientific 
 work\, and of factors that may influence their thinking about educational 
 and vocational choices. \n\n(This work was part of the LASAR project\, and
  was undertaken with Prof. Berry Billingsley\, Canterbury Christ Church Un
 iversity)\n\n\nProf. Keith Taber is the Professor of Science Education at 
 the University of Cambridge. Dr Fran Riga is a Research Associate in the F
 aculty of Education\, and was researcher on the LASAR (Learning about Scie
 nce and Religion) project. \n \n
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road
 \, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, room 1S3
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