Phillips, S.;
Sullivan, M.;
Grand, A.;
(2025)
‘Explosions are always entertaining but…’: investigating the impacts of science shows on high school students.
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Abstract
Science shows are often posited as a route to encourage young people to engage with science. Using a mixed methods approach, our research investigated the impact of attending a science show on high school students’ intentions to study science or pursue a career in science. We found that while a single visit to a science show has little impact on students’ aspirations, it can reinforce students’ confidence in their ability to succeed in science. In terms of design and performance, the best-received shows included ‘real-world’ content that students could identify as relevant to their lives.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | ‘Explosions are always entertaining but…’: investigating the impacts of science shows on high school students |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/RFA.09.1.03 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/RFA.09.1.03 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2025, Shanii Phillips, Miriam Sullivan and Ann Grand. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | science shows, science presentations, science careers, studying sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10207492 |
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