Interactive Exhibition: Informal Education in a Museum

1. Maciej Kluza Iwona Maciejowska Interactive exhibition prepared by students as a tool of informal education in a museum 1 Jagiellonian University Museum 2 Department of Chemical Education, Jagiellonian University

2. Informal education Informal education is a general term for education outside of a standard school setting. It is a lifelong process of forming of attitudes, values, skills and knowledge based on various experiences and educational impact of the environment (family, friends, working environment, playgrounds, markets) and the impact of mass media.

3. Informal education • It usually takes place outside educational establishments; • It does not follow a specified curriculum and is not often professionally organized but rather originates accidentally, sporadically, in association with certain occasions, from changing practical requirements; • It is not necessarily planned pedagogically, systematically according to fixed subjects, test and qualification-oriented; • It is experienced directly in its "natural" function of everyday life; • It is often spontaneous and creative.

4. Educational activities in Museums • Museum lessons and workshops • Science Fairs • Interactive exhibitions

5. Interactive exhibitions Ancient and Modern Sciences, 2000-2005 Senses, 2005-2012 All… is a number, since 2012 Professors’ Garden, since 2009

6. Interactivity in Science center Hands-on manual activity Minds-on mental activity Heart-on cultural activity J. Wagensberg, The "total" museum, a tool for social change, Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2005;12(Suppl):309-21

7. Social Participation in Museum N. Simon, The Participatory Museum (2010),

8. IRRESISTIBLE Project Engaging the Young with Responsible Research and Innovation

9. Project goal To design activities that foster the involvement of students and the public in the process of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). To raise the awareness on RRI the project aims to increase students content knowledge about research by bringing cutting edge research into the program, and to foster the discussion among students about RRI issues by the introduction of relevant topics. By using formal (school) and informal (science center, museum or festival) teaching we familiarize schoolchildren with science.

10. RRI: six key issues Engagement: joint participation of researchers, industry and civil society in the research and innovation process Gender equality: unlocking the full potential of society Science education: creative education to foster the future needs of society Ethics: including societal relevance and acceptability of research and innovation outcomes Open access: free, online access to the results of publicly funded research Governance: the responsibility of policy makers to develop harmonious models for RRI

11. TOPICS • Carbohydrates in breast milk (Netherlands) • Geoengineering; Polar Science (Portugal) • Plastic – Bane of the oceans; Offshore wind Energy(Germany) • Adaptation to climate change (Finland) • The RRI of Perovskite-based photovoltaic cells (Israel) • Solar energy and specific nanomaterials (Romania) • Nano in health sciences (Turkey) • Nanoscience applications (Greece) • Nanotechnology for solar energy; Nanoscience for solar energy (Italy) • The catalytic properties of nanomaterials (Poland)

12. Project course – Phase 1 • In each of the ten countries a Community of Learners (CoL) will be formed. • Polish CoL: 6 teachers, 3 scientists, 4 education experts, 1 exhibition expert • Every CoL is going to to develop a thematic module including knowledge on RRI. • The materials developed will be used by the CoLs teachers with their students. • Polish module was tested by 6 groups of students

13. Module course Visit on the interactive exhibition Workshop on exhibit building Laboratory lessons Visit in the research lab

14. Building of exhibits

15. Students’ curated exhibitions • At the end of the work every group prepared an exhibition • Students participating in the project designed and made exhibits. • In 2015 six exhibitions were opened.

16. Museum to me - posters

17. Museum to me - objects

18. Museum with me – hands on exhibits

19. Museum with me – experiments

20. Museum with me – ICT

21. Me & Me &Me in Museum

22. Me & Me & Me in Museum - games

23. We in Museum

24. Informal education in Museum • Exciting of curiosity; • Inspiration to conducting experiments; • Stimulation of active methods of learning; • Giving context to the school-based knowledge; • Testing of the ability of group working;

25. Project course – Phase 2 • In phase II, the teachers from the first phase will each train five colleagues (CoL II). • Group can choose any of 10 modules. • After the training every teacher will work with the group of students. • Ultimately, this project will teach almost ten thousand students to consider the social impact of scientific research.

26. In 2016 • The best exhibits from students exhibitions will be shown in June in the Jagiellonian University Museum. • The best exhibits from all countries will be shown on final exhibition in Istanbul Science Center http://www.irresistible-project.eu iwona.maciejowska@uj.edu.pl maciej.kluza@uj.edu.pl

27. IRRESISTIBLE • This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 612367. • It is a coordination and support action under FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2013-1, ACTIVITY 5.2.2 Young people and science: Topic SiS.2013.2.2.1-1 Raising youth awareness to Responsible Research and Innovation through Inquiry Based Science Education. • http://www.irresistible-project.eu/index.php/en/