The evaluation of SCoRE’17 was conducted through a survey technique - a questionnaire was filled out by all participants (students, keynote speakers, organizing committee and scientific committee members).publishe

Espinha, Ângela

Guerra, Cecília

Marques, Margarida M.

Oliveira, Ana

Tavares, Rita

Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro

SCoRE’17Science Communication for Researchers in EducationCourse evaluation bookletTitleSCoRE’17 – Science Communication for Researchers in Education: Course evaluation bookletAuthorsAna Oliveira, Margarida M. Marques, Ângela Espinha, Rita Tavares and Cecília GuerraDesignJoana PereiraPublisherUA EditoraUniversidade de AveiroServiços de Documentação, Informação Documental e MuseologiaISBN978-972-789-554-0Images ©UA | ©CIDTFF CIDTFF - Research Center in Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers Universidade de Aveiro, 2018All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photoco-pying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.This work is financially supported by National Funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the project UID/CED/00194/2013CONTENTSEvaluation of SCoRE’17I. Personal information a) Institution and country b) Participants’ roles c) Professional categoriesII. Perceptions about SCoRE’ 2017: a) Promotion strategies b) Scientific component c) Social component d) Organizational component e) Academic relevanceIII. Recommendations for future editions5EVALUATION OF SCoRE’17The evaluation of SCoRE’17 was conducted through a survey technique - a questionnaire was filled out by all participants (students, keynote speakers, organizing committee and scientific committee members).The questionnaire was anonymous.(http://questionarios.ua.pt/index.php/124664/lang-en)6I. PERSONAL INFORMATION Institution and countryA total of 24 participants completed the evaluation questionnaire. The majority were Portuguese, particularly from the host institution, the University of Aveiro. Three participants came from other European countries.716x University of Aveiro3x NOVA University1x Botanic Garden of the University of Coimbra1x Science Museum of the University of CoimbraUniversity of NavarraUniversity of TartuSheffield Hallam Universityx21 PORTUGALx1 SPAINx1 ESTONIAx1 UKGraphic 1. Institution and country of origin.8I. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Participants’ rolesThe respondents played different roles in SCoRE’17. There were:•	 14 students (researchers in Education whose main aim was to learn how they could effectively communicate their research);•	 6 keynote speakers (guest participants invited to share their expertise in the area of Science Communication);•	 4 mentors (participants assigned to help SCoRE’s students to connect the information presented in the different lectures and to develop the course’s required tasks).9STUDENTS x14 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS x6MENTOR x4Graphic 2. Participants’ roles10I. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Professional categoriesMost respondents were PhD students, but there were also professors (six), post-doc researchers (four) and members of the communication office (four).11KEYNOTE SPEAKERS x610 PhD STUDENTSPOST-DOC STUDENTSPROFESSORMEMBERS OF THE COMMUNICATION OFFICEGraphic 3. Participants’ professional categories.STUDENTS x14 MENTOR x412II. PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SCoRE’ 2017: Promotion strategiesRegarding SCoRE’s communication channels, the participants were very satisfied with the email, website and Facebook. Twitter and LinkedIn seem to have had less impact, as many respondents selected the option not applicable. Nevertheless, the majority stated to had become aware of SCoRE through the Organizing Committee (fifteen).135 10 15 20 25very dissastifiedsomewhat dissastifiedneither satisfied nor dissastifiedsomewhat satisfiedvery satisfiednot applicableGraph 1. Satisfaction with SCoRE’s communication channels.14II. PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SCoRE’17: Scientific componentOverall, SCoRE’s lectures were considered very satisfying. The most appreciated session was Science.com.As far as the scientific component is concerned, it is important to say that the majority of respondents claim to be very satisfied with the scientific accuracy and the programme structure of SCoRE.The learning and assessement methodology divided respon-dentes between somewhat satisfied and very satisfied.155 10 15very dissastifiedsomewhat dissastifiedneither satisfied nor dissastifiedsomewhat satisfiedvery satisfiednot applicableHiScienceFlashScienceClosing Session51 0 15Science.comInfoScienceFlashScienceWhat's up Science1Graph 2. Satisfaction with SCoRE’s sessions.16For future editions (based on comments and suggestions) More time for workshops/practical and less for theory“More practical activities were needed as well as time for debate during the session of communications...time devoted to lecturing is always exceeding the real goals of training courses!!” (61)“...more time for practical work and less for theory” (62)Lectures and workshops really foccused on the target group“I think that the sessions/lectures could have been more related to the area of education” (52)“... you may even try to collect questions from participants before the sessions so that the discussions are more targeted to addressing specific issues” (65)More time with the keynote speakers“... if possible engaging more the keynotes during the week” (38)“It would be of major importance to have feedback from each lecturer on our product.” (70)1718Specific training to speak in public“...it would be helpful to have also some contact with stage techniques (eg. how to work the stage space, voice techniques, body awareness) and some introduction to visual literacy” (38)“In future editions, there should be a session to train the participants to speak in public.” (68)“There was a lack of training on posture, oral communication and non academic text structure/context besides press release. ” (69)Rethink the closing session“... the format of the evaluation in the clossing session should be the same structure, time and type of comments for all the projects presentations and focused in the outcomes achive-ment of Score to improve the initial presentation of the project, the incomes of communcation tools achieved, not the type, content, interess or use of the projects.” (62)“... we could have more directed feedback on aspects of oral presentation.” (65)1920II. PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SCoRE’17: Social componentOverall, the respondents were very satisfyed with SCoRE’s social component, namelly the coffee breaks, the informal activities and the welcome session.215 10 15 20CoffeebreaksLunchesInformalactivitiesAveiroTourvery dissastifiedsomewhat dissastifiedneither satisfied nor dissastifiedsomewhat satisfiedvery satisfiednot applicable5 10 15ReceptionWelcomeSessionVisit toFábricaPhDinnerGraph 3. Satisfaction with SCoRE’s activities.For future editions (based on comments and suggestions) Rethink coffee break and lunch“Rethink the time given to coffee breaks and lunches... is it not too much the time spent in “just eating”, considering that we could “eat and work” at the same time?!?” (61)“Lunch was very far away from the fábrica...” (70)2223Invest on more social moments during the week“... the second social moment should be in the middle of the week and not in the very end of it. also, in some way, having other informal social moments would be very good for networking” (38)“More social links daily with all participants” (62)24II. PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SCoRE’17: Organizational componentOverall, the respondents were satisfyed with SCoRE’s organization. The most appreciated aspects were the work environment and facilities, although the support given by the Organizing Committee (OC), both before and during the training week, was also very valued.25205 10 15reviewers’feedbackbeforetrainingweekOCsupportduringtrainingweekMentorssupportduringtrainingweekvery dissastifiedsomewhat dissastifiedneither satisfied nor dissastifiedsomewhat satisfiedvery satisfiednot applicableOCsupportbeforetrainingweek5 10 15 20Documentsat disposalInternetaccessWorkenvironment& facilitiesEnvironmentalconditions ofthe facilitiesGraph 4. Satisfaction with SCoRE’s organizational component.For future editions (based on comments and suggestions) Keep up investing in organization“Really well organized, awesome support and reception.” (59)“A training kit (the learning materials, presentations, book suggestions) should be provided during the sessions in a digital platform.” (69)Be careful with the timetable“It was really well organised. In future I can only advice for a more strict timetable or a closer lunch location.” (38)“... more pontuality in the begining of sessions.” (62)2627Rethink mentoring“It was difficult for the mentors to provide support in all the areas adequately. I wonder if there would be opportunity for cross department collaboration so that some of the mentors could be the students who are in courses involved with some of the aspects in their every day learning (e.g videos, graphics etc).” (38)28II. PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SCoRE’17: Academic relevanceThe respondents considered SCoRE’s academic relevance very satisfying, as it was acknowledged as contributing particularly to their personal development and engagement in science communication approaches.295 10 15 20Engagement inScienceCommunicationapproachesDevelopmentof transversalcompetencesEngagementwith anacademicnetworkContributefor my personaldevelopmentvery dissastifiedsomewhat dissastifiedneither satisfied nor dissastifiedsomewhat satisfiedvery satisfiednot applicableGraph 5. Satisfaction with SCoRE’s academic relevance.3031III. FOR FUTURE EDITIONS: the motivational speech“Keep up! It was great!” (44)“Really well organized, awesome support and reception.” (59)“Keep up with the fabulous coffee breaks. Thank you so much Carla!” (44)“Keep Scoring for the next years!” (64)This work is financially supported by National Funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the project UID/CED/00194/2013.

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