YOSCIWEB
Young people and the images of science on websites
| Coordinatore | CONSEIL GENERAL DE L'ESSONNE
Organization address
address: Boulevard de France contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | France [FR] |
| Totale costo | 540˙171 € |
| EC contributo | 489˙122 € |
| Programma | FP7-SIS
Specific Programme "Capacities": Science in society |
| Code Call | FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2007-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CSA-CA |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-01-01 - 2010-03-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CONSEIL GENERAL DE L'ESSONNE
Organization address
address: Boulevard de France contact info |
FR (Evry) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
FORUM DEMOCRIT
Organization address
address: Ivan Vazov 12 contact info |
BG (SOFIA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
FUNDACIO CENTRE D'INICIATIVES I RECERQUES EUROPEES A LA MEDITERRANIA - CIREM
Organization address
address: Travessera de les Corts 39-43 contact info |
ES (BARCELONA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
HASKOLI ISLANDS
Organization address
address: Sudurgata contact info |
IS (REYKJAVIK) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
THE GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: "Cowcaddens Road, City Campus 70" contact info |
UK (GLASGOW) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG
Organization address
address: De Boelelaan 1105 contact info |
NL (AMSTERDAM) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
YOUTH IN SCIENCE AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION YSBF
Organization address
address: Pikk 67-2 contact info |
EE (Tallinn) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'To face the issue of the declining interest of young people for studying and working in science and more generally to reduce the doubt in the population regarding the link progress/science, the public authorities as well as large companies and professional associations have developed initiatives and tools. Scientific websites play an important role as it is a new media, well adopted by the young people, easy to use and environmentally friendly. Nevertheless there is a lack of tools and methodology to analyse the quality and the orientation of the websites and to adapt them to the different publics (students, pupils, disabled, others) and to the different images of science. Seven organisations of national reputation from France, Spain, United Kingdom, Estonia, Iceland, Netherlands and Bulgaria have decided to combine their efforts in solving the above two issues. As the consortium consists in a mix of operators of scientific websites and/or researchers analysing websites, it will provide larger geographical coverage and set of competences. Yosciweb will be divided in 3 work packages in addition to those of management (WP1) and dissemination (WP5). WP2 will focus on assessing the current situation in terms of: • What are the different approaches already used in those matters? • What kind of public is addressed by the existing websites and on what images of sciences are they built? • How to classify the different scientific websites? WP3 will consist in a deeper analysis of a selected sample of websites, taking into account common parameters. WP4 will consist in defining best practices, in making recommendations for developers and managers of scientific websites and in preparing future actions to render the network sustainable and to increase the impact of the project. Yosciweb will provide the European population with tools and methods able to increase the impact and the efficiency of the scientific communication towards the youth.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
The main goal of the 'Young people and images of science on websites' (Yosciweb) project has been to improve the way youngsters view scientists and science, and to encourage them to pursue a career in it.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Young people in Europe appear to be losing interest in science. Negative stereotypes about scientists and the work they do are common among today?s youth. This could have a serious long-term effect on Europe?s scientific skills base, which is crucial in maintaining a competitive economy in the global market place.
Researchers from the Yosciweb consortium have carefully studied websites dedicated to popularising science. Searches of popular scientific websites (PSWs) have revealed that negative stereotypes of science and scientists predominate. A series of detailed personal interviews have also been conducted with youngsters between 12 and 17 years old.
Following the findings, researchers have drawn up a set of recommendations for creating websites that would appeal to young people. These have included the use of positive images showing scientists as normal people. More informative and accessible text, interesting pictures, and links to school-related tasks should also used, according to the project team. Use of multimedia and easy navigation was also considered vital for a website's success.
Results from the Yosciweb project indicate that science websites should incorporate interactive features to make the website more entertaining and appealing to youngsters. Yosciweb will provide tools and methods that can increase the impact and efficiency of scientific communication aimed at young people.
The Yosciweb project is helping build Europe?s knowledge economy by encouraging youngsters to take a greater interest in science and technology.