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SUMMARY:Who do you think you are? Teenagers' perceptions of what it means 
 to be human in the light of their understandings of biology\, biomedicine 
 and humanoid robots  - Dr Berry Billingsley\, University of Reading
DTSTART:20131111T163000Z
DTEND:20131111T183000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:In the old days it was the mind-bogglingly tiny size of humans
  in the vastness of space that got us wondering about the nature and signi
 ficance of who we are. Today - it’s news stories and TV shows about huma
 noid robots\, brain scans and applications of biomedical engineering. What
  is it like to grow up in this strange new world and how can teachers help
  young people to become insightful\, critical and wise amid the confusion 
 of ideas and suggestions that are presented to them?  How does science edu
 cation currently contribute to young people's understanding of what being 
 human means? This research began as a project to look at young people's th
 inking about what science and religion say about the human mind and person
 hood. As the findings have begun to emerge\, we are now discovering that s
 ome young people's interpretation of what science tells them goes beyond c
 hallenging traditional religious beliefs. In this talk I will explain our 
 aims\, methodology and some initial findings. I will also explain the chal
 lenges we have encountered with trying to explore students' thinking in a 
 domain that has been difficult to define.\n\n\nDr Berry Billingsley is an 
 Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of Reading and 
 has led the LASAR (Learning about Science and Religion) Project for five y
 ears with Dr Keith Taber at the University of Cambridge. The LASAR project
  was initiated with the help of the Faraday Institute for Science and Reli
 gion at Cambridge with funding from the John Templeton Foundation. Berry's
  current project is funded by a planning grant from the TWCF (Templeton Wo
 rld Charity Foundation).\n
LOCATION:GS1 Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills R
 oad\, Cambridge
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