Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning: The Experiences of Minoritised Groups

ISBN-13: 9781138289949 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 178 str.

Emily Dawson

Opis

Science plays an important role in our societies and permeates cultural practices through the mass media, schooling and museums, as well as politics and personal decision-making. But to what extent is public or everyday science learning an educational, cultural or political resource accessible to everyone?

O autorze

Emily Dawson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London. Her work focuses on how people engage with and learn about science, with an emphasis on equity, in particular the construction of publics and ‘non’ publics for science, and the role of privilege in such processes.