scholarly journals Teaching Undergraduates to Communicate Science, Cultivate Mentoring Relationships, and Navigate Science Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. ar31
Author(s):  
Diedra M. Wrighting ◽  
Jamie Dombach ◽  
Mike Walker ◽  
Jenene Cook ◽  
Marlina Duncan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Scientific Culture ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Persistence In Stem

To promote persistence in STEM, a course implemented for undergraduate researchers teaches in an integrated manner the skills for: 1) scientific communication; 2) maximizing the effectiveness of research mentoring relationships; and 3) navigating scientific culture and its interactions with multiple social identities.

scholarly journals ‘Kexue Wenhua’ in Chinese and ‘Scientific Culture’, ‘Science Culture’, ‘Culture of Science’ and ‘Science as Culture’ in English: The Meanings and the Structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
Yiming Zhang ◽  
Zengyi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Layer Structure ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Scientific Culture ◽  
Narrow Sense ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
Material State ◽  
Culture Of Science ◽  
Community Science

The Chinese phrase kexue wenhua is a combined translation of science (equivalent to kexue) in a narrow sense and culture (equivalent to wenhua) in a narrow sense. In fact, kexue wenhua has multiple meanings (captured in four English phrases: ‘scientific culture’, ‘science culture’, ‘culture of science’ and ‘science as culture’), which confuse Chinese scholars greatly. This paper explores the diverse meanings of kexue wenhua. After tracing the sources of the four English phrases and studying some academic works of Western scholars, we have found that ‘scientific culture’ focuses on science's relationship with the scientific community, science education or science literacy; ‘science culture’ focuses on the establishment and application of the science culture index; the ‘culture of science’ focuses on its relationship with science communication; and ‘science as culture’ focuses on its research approaches and social significance. Based on this analysis, we propose a new four-layer structure for kexue wenhua, which comprises the cultural layers of material state, of system, of behaviour, and of mind. In this structure, material state is the basis, mind is the core, behaviour is the circulatory system, and the system is the framework.

scholarly journals Building National Capacity for Research Mentor Training: An Evidence-Based Approach to Training the Trainers

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. ar24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Pfund ◽  
Kimberly C. Spencer ◽  
Pamela Asquith ◽  
Stephanie C. House ◽  
Sarah Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Mentor Training ◽  
Train The Trainer ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
National Capacity ◽  
Research Mentor ◽  
Widespread Dissemination

Research mentor training (RMT), based on the published Entering Mentoring curricula series, has been shown to improve the knowledge and skills of research mentors across career stages, as self-reported by both the mentors engaged in training and their mentees. To promote widespread dissemination and empower others to implement this evidence-based training at their home institutions, we developed an extensive, interactive, multifaceted train-the-trainer workshop. The specific goals of these workshops are to 1) increase facilitator knowledge of an RMT curriculum, 2) increase facilitator confidence in implementing the curriculum, 3) provide a safe environment to practice facilitation of curricular activities, and 4) review implementation strategies and evaluation tools. Data indicate that our approach results in high satisfaction and significant confidence gains among attendees. Of the 195 diverse attendees trained in our workshops since Fall 2010, 44% report implementation at 39 different institutions, collectively training more than 500 mentors. Further, mentors who participated in the RMT sessions led by our trained facilitators report high facilitator effectiveness in guiding discussion. Implications and challenges to building the national capacity needed for improved research mentoring relationships are discussed.

scholarly journals Influence of the cultural context on the development of science in Russia: socialpsychological perspective

2012 ◽  
pp. 242-249
Author(s):  
V. I. Konnov
Keyword(s):  
Level Scheme ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Scientific Culture ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
National Science ◽  
Science In Russia

The article offers a socialpsychological perspective on the process of shaping national science culture, which determines the peculiarities of scientific research in different countries. This point of view allows to determine the causes for emergence of national scientific cultures and provides instruments to describe them. The author applies the three-level scheme for describing cultures, developed by D. Oyserman and coauthors, and attempts to analyze the distal level of the Russian scientific culture, constituted by the influence of the Russian cultural tradition, which forms the context for the work of Russian scientists.

scholarly journals Measuring Research Mentors’ Cultural Diversity Awareness for Race/Ethnicity in STEM: Validity Evidence for a New Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. ar15
Author(s):  
Angela Byars-Winston ◽  
Amanda R. Butz
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Diversity Awareness ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Race Ethnicity

There is a lack of measures to assess cultural diversity awareness (CDA) in research mentoring relationships. The development of and validity evidence for a new measure to assess CDA from the perspective of both mentors and mentees are reported with a summary of findings from a series of confirmatory factor analyses with national participant samples.

scholarly journals Race and ethnicity in biology research mentoring relationships.

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Byars-Winston ◽  
Patrice Leverett ◽  
Ross J. Benbow ◽  
Christine Pfund ◽  
Nancy Thayer-Hart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Biology Research

scholarly journals Comunicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología y cultura científica para la prevención de riesgos. Experiencia cubana | Scientific communication and scientific culture for risk prevention. Cuban experiences

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Trelles Rodríguez ◽  
Miriam Rodríguez Betancourt
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
General Education ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Systemic Approach ◽  
Risk Prevention ◽  
Scientific Culture ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Caribbean Islands

Resumen En el presente trabajo se exponen conceptos  relacionados con la aplicación del enfoque sistémico para la comunicación de la ciencia y la tecnología, y su empleo para la prevención de riesgos de vidas y bienes en casos de contingencias climatológicas, como sucede con los ciclones en la zona del Caribe; en esta labor de educación para la prevención corresponde a la universidad un papel fundamental. La aplicación de estos elementos teóricos y la utilidad que ello supone para el desarrollo de valores de cultura científica y la la prevención de riesgos se ilustra a partir de experiencias cubanas. AbstractThe authors present concepts and experiences of the systemic approach in communication for construction of scientific discourse, and its application in order to prevent life’s risks in emergency situations  such as the  hurricanes which isolates every year Caribbean islands.  In this task universities should assume  important  plays  for the general education and the development of scientific culture in the population, in order to provide forms for the most responsible decision making. The paper illustrates successful Cuban experiences in this area Palabras claveComunicación pública de la ciencia, cultura científica, prevención de riesgoKeywordsPublic commucation of sciences and technology, scientific cultura, risk prevention

scholarly journals English as a “Shared Code” for International Scientific Communication

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (2 (9)) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Ofelia Poghosyan
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
Active Communication

Active Communication between countries contributes to solving diverse problems in the spheres of politics, economy, science, culture and others. Evidently, knowing English or rather scientific English under such circumstances becomes an imperative. The present article attempts to specify the linguistic and stylistic means the knowledge of which can make it possible for scholars of various nationalities to take part in international scientific communication.

scholarly journals Mentors’ motivation to address race/ethnicity in research mentoring relationships.

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda R. Butz ◽  
Kimberly Spencer ◽  
Nancy Thayer-Hart ◽  
Ivan E. Cabrera ◽  
Angela Byars-Winston
Keyword(s):  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Race Ethnicity

The Form and Function of STEM Research Mentoring: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Focusing on Ethnically Diverse Undergraduates and Their Mentors

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael D. Robnett ◽  
Paul A. Nelson ◽  
Eileen L. Zurbriggen ◽  
Faye J. Crosby ◽  
Martin M. Chemers
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Function ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

This mixed-methods study examines mentoring relationships in an ethnically diverse sample of undergraduates in majors related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Guided by an intersectionality framework, we examined whether features of research mentoring differ at the intersection of ethnicity and gender. Survey data from undergraduates ( N = 486; 76% members of underrepresented ethnic groups; 66% women) revealed ethnic and gender variation in the amount of mentoring that participants reported receiving. Findings also showed that higher levels of instrumental mentoring at the study’s outset predicted higher STEM self-efficacy 1 year later. This finding was not moderated by ethnicity or gender, suggesting that instrumental mentoring bolsters self-efficacy among students from diverse backgrounds. To supplement the quantitative findings, we collected open-ended data from a subset of participants’ mentors ( N = 97). Thematic analysis of these data provides insight into the range of strategies that mentors used to bolster students’ STEM self-efficacy.

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