Responsible research and innovation in science education: insights from evaluating the impact of using digital media and arts-based methods on RRI values

The European Commission policy approach of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is gaining momentum in European research planning and development as a strategy to align scientific and technological progress with socially desirable and acceptable ends. One of the RRI agendas is science education, aiming to foster future generations' acquisition of skills and values needed to engage in society responsibly. To this end, it is argued that RRI-based science education can benefit from more interdisciplinary methods such as those based on arts and digital technologies. However, the evidence existing on the impact of science education activities using digital media and arts-based methods on RRI values remains underexplored. This article comparatively reviews previous evidence on the evaluation of these activities, from primary to higher education, to examine whether and how RRI-related learning outcomes are evaluated and how these activities impact on students' learning. Forty academic publications were selected and its content analysed according to five RRI values: creative and critical thinking, engagement, inclusiveness, gender equality and integration of ethical issues. When evaluating the impact of digital and arts-based methods in science education activities, creative and critical thinking, engagement and partly inclusiveness are the RRI values mainly addressed. In contrast, gender equality and ethics integration are neglected. Digital-based methods seem to be more focused on students' questioning and inquiry skills, whereas those using arts often examine imagination, curiosity and autonomy. Differences in the evaluation focus between studies on digital media and those on arts partly explain differences in their impact on RRI values, but also result in non-documented outcomes and undermine their potential. Further developments in interdisciplinary approaches to science education following the RRI policy agenda should reinforce the design of the activities as well as procedural aspects of the evaluation research

MODELOWANIE PROCESU ROZWOJU EDUKACJI WŁĄCZAJĄCEJ NA UKRAINIE

The article presents the results of research on the implementation of the principles of inclusive education in Ukraine, substantiates its relevance in the development of a democratic society and European integration policy. The principles of the state policy in the field of inclusive education, its normative-legal support and international practice of providing educational services to citizens with special needs are described. Advanced experience of inclusion introduction in the educational process of preschool, general secondary, vocational and higher education institutions is analyzed. Official statistics on the total number of people with disabilities in Ukraine; availability of special secondary education institutions (boarding schools) and their contingent; the number of children with disabilities in preschool education institutions, students with disabilities in full-time secondary education institutions, persons with disabilities in vocational education institutions, persons with disabilities among students of higher education institutions etc., have been handled. The importance and expediency of the scientific development of the principles of inclusive education, its practical implementation and study  of socio-economic effect are substantiated. Graphic visualization of the correlation between the employed persons with disabilities and persons without disabilities, number of children, pupils, students with special educational needs in education establishments of Ukraine is presented.W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań nad procesem wdrażania zasad edukacji włączającej na Ukrainie, uzasadniono ich znaczenie w warunkach rozwoju społeczeństwa demokratycznego i europejskiej polityki integracyjnej państwa. Opisano zasady krajowej polityki państwa w zakresie edukacji włączającej, jej wsparcie regulacyjne i prawne oraz międzynarodową praktykę świadczenia usług edukacyjnych obywatelom ze specjalnymi potrzebami. Przeanalizowano najlepsze doświadczenia z wdrażania integracji w procesie edukacyjnym placówek przedszkolnych, ogólnokształcących, zawodowych i wyższych. Opracowano oficjalne dane statystyczne dla Ukrainy dotyczące całkowitej liczby osób niepełnosprawnych; dostępność specjalnych szkół średnich (internatów) i ich zespołów; liczby dzieci niepełnosprawnych w placówkach wychowania przedszkolnego, uczniów niepełnosprawnych w dziennych placówkach ogólnokształcących, osób niepełnosprawnych w placówkach kształcenia zawodowego (zawodowego i technicznego), osób niepełnosprawnych wśród studentów szkół wyższych itp. Uzasadniono wagę i celowość naukowego opracowania zasad edukacji włączającej, jej praktyczne zastosowanie oraz badanie efektu społeczno-ekonomicznego. Zaprezentowano graficzną wizualizację stosunku zatrudnionych osób z niepełnosprawnościami do osób sprawnych, liczby dzieci, uczniów i studentów ze specjalnymi potrzebami edukacyjnymi w instytucjach edukacyjnych Ukrainy

People’s Initiatives to Use IT for Development

human development, technology

International conference "Information technologies in education in the 21st century": Conference proceedings.

Proceedings of a conference which concluded TEMPUS project JEP 25008_200

2012-2013 Louisiana Tech University Catalog

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2011-2012 Louisiana Tech University Catalog

The Louisiana Tech University Catalog includes announcements and course descriptions for courses offered at Louisiana Tech University for the academic year of 2011-2012.https://digitalcommons.latech.edu/university-catalogs/1004/thumbnail.jp