ERIC Number: EJ1052270
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 6
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ISSN: EISSN-2065-1430
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Chemistry Inreach: University Employees' Children Experiencing University Chemistry
Shaw, Amanda J.; Harrison, Timothy G.; Shallcross, Dudley E.; Medley, Marcus I.
Acta Didactica Napocensia, v2 n4 p107-112 2009
Many university departments provide public engagement activities, often referred to as "outreach" to school students, their teachers and other members of the public. It is less common for University Departments to run activities for their employees let alone the children of these employees. This paper looks at the value put on an engagement activity both by participating students and their parents who are employees of the host university. Analysis shows that the students welcome the opportunity to experience aspects of their parents' workplace and those parents are extremely supportive of such initiatives.
Descriptors: Chemistry, Outreach Programs, Employees, Children, Universities, Work Environment, Community Programs, Foreign Countries, Science Experiments, Adolescents, Scientists, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Likert Scales, Feedback (Response), Departments, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Surveys, Interests, Science Education
Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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