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2.2.2 Integrating Scientific Enrichment with Science Communication Skills to Promote Self-Efficacy and Scientific Knowledge of Gifted Students
We present a pedagogical model that promotes science communication skills based on native digital skills. Our model-enhanced participatory culture — namely, creating and sharing ideas through media — by developing communication skills for communicating science. We believe that science communication may encourage gifted students to engage in science, enhance the scientific skills required to formulate independent scientific research, and encourage active citizenship. Accordingly, our goal was to understand the impact of participation in the Alpha program on students’ perceptions regarding their abilities to communicate with others about science and the contribution of these abilities to enhance their self-efficacy and scientific knowledge.
Author(s):
Orni Meerbaum-Salant
orni@maimonidesfund.org
The Future Scientists Center for the Advancement of Gifted and Talented Maimonides Fund Israel
Israel
Orni Meerbaum-Salant received her Ph.D. degree in Science Teaching from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. She is currently a director of Odyssey program in the The Future Scientists Center for the Advancement of the Gifted and Talented, Maimonides fund. She served as a PC member in conferences related to computer science education. She has developed programs for gifted and high talented students in high school level in the areas of science. Her primary research interests are mentoring high school software projects, computational thinking and critical thinking and gifted and high talented students in science.
Bruria Haberman
bruria.haberman@gmail.com
Holon Institute of technology of Israel and Davidson institute of science
Israel
Bruria Haberman received her Ph.D. degree in Science Teaching from the Weizmann Institute of Science. She is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science (CS) in Holon Institute of Technology, She is a member of the CS team in the Davidson Institute of Science Education, where she initiated the CS, Academia & Industry educational program for talented high school students. She has developed CS learning materials for high school level and for undergraduate level. Her primary research interests are: Logic Programming, problem-solving utilizing abstract data types and algorithmic patterns, as well as computational thinking and critical thinking
Sarah Pollack
sarah.pollack@weizmann.ac.il
The Weizmann Institute of science
Israel
Education: 2007-2013: Ph.D, Department of Education in Hebrew University,Jerusalem
1998-2001: M.A in the department of Science Teaching, Weizmann institute of science
1994-1997: B.Sc. in Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
