A better communicator is always a better scientist, or the reason why every PhD student should engage in science outreach
The ability to communicate with all audiences is a skill that is rapidly becoming a must-have for any future scientist. As more physicists engage in communicating science to non-expert audiences, research shows that this experience helps them to get a better understanding of their own research and t...
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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.1801.08874 2023-05-15T13:24:28+02:00 A better communicator is always a better scientist, or the reason why every PhD student should engage in science outreach De Clercq, Catherine De Schauwers, Jérôme de Wasseige, Gwenhaël van Laer, Jef 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1801.08874 https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.08874 unknown arXiv arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ Physics Education physics.ed-ph High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena astro-ph.HE FOS Physical sciences Preprint Article article CreativeWork 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1801.08874 2022-04-01T10:01:42Z The ability to communicate with all audiences is a skill that is rapidly becoming a must-have for any future scientist. As more physicists engage in communicating science to non-expert audiences, research shows that this experience helps them to get a better understanding of their own research and the impact on society, improves the perception of science by lay audiences and can also become an area of personal growth as a citizen. A recent deployment of a PhD student to the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station, as part of the IceCube Collaboration, provided a ready opportunity to spark interest. We present results of the efforts made by the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Interuniversity Institute for High Energies, IIHE (ULB-VUB), to introduce Belgian students and citizens to science and the life of a scientist. The essential parts of this program will be identified to show why the contributions of a PhD student to the organization of these activities are beneficial to the development of new skills as a scientist, but also to broaden the audiences and the impact of the local university and/or the specific research outreach program. : Submitted to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2017, Busan, South Korea) Report Amundsen-Scott South pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) South Pole Amundsen-Scott ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Amundsen Scott South Pole Station ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station ENVELOPE(139.273,139.273,-89.998,-89.998) |
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The ability to communicate with all audiences is a skill that is rapidly becoming a must-have for any future scientist. As more physicists engage in communicating science to non-expert audiences, research shows that this experience helps them to get a better understanding of their own research and the impact on society, improves the perception of science by lay audiences and can also become an area of personal growth as a citizen. A recent deployment of a PhD student to the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station, as part of the IceCube Collaboration, provided a ready opportunity to spark interest. We present results of the efforts made by the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Interuniversity Institute for High Energies, IIHE (ULB-VUB), to introduce Belgian students and citizens to science and the life of a scientist. The essential parts of this program will be identified to show why the contributions of a PhD student to the organization of these activities are beneficial to the development of new skills as a scientist, but also to broaden the audiences and the impact of the local university and/or the specific research outreach program. : Submitted to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2017, Busan, South Korea) |
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A better communicator is always a better scientist, or the reason why every PhD student should engage in science outreach |
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