Category Archives: Science education

Anti-capitalist Pro-communitarian Science & Technology Education

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

Many of us live in a hyper-economized world, in which personal identities and routine practices are significantly oriented towards production and consumption of for-profit goods and services. Extreme consumerism appears to be strongly associated with many personal, social and environmental problems. It … Continue reading →

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Play-based science education raises children to be active and critical

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

If science education were more firmly integrated into early education, children from different backgrounds would be even more equal in adopting a scientific way of thinking, which would, in turn, benefit our society. Remember the joy that you felt as … Continue reading →

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Science at Home with Children

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

ExpeRimental is a series of short films that make it fun, easy and cheap to do science at home with children aged 4 to 10. Our films give you lots of ideas for kids’ activities that will help you explore … Continue reading →

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The Cultural side of Science Communication

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Giorgio Bertini

The main proposition of this paper is that science communication necessarily involves and includes cultural orientations. There is a substantial body of work showing that cultural differences in values and epistemological frameworks are paralleled with cultural differences reflected in artifacts … Continue reading →