Native Scientist
| Founded | London, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Focus | Promoting and exploiting cultural and linguistic diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) |
Directors | Joana Moscoso, Tatiana Correia |
Founders | Joana Moscoso, Tatiana Correia |
| Website | www |
Native Scientist is a non-profit organisation created to tackle educational disadvantage through science outreach. It develops and implements outreach and educational programmes that connect migrant pupils and scientists with the aim to promote science and language literacy through language integrated learning. [1][2][3][4][5] Its aims include inspiring migrant kids across Europe to consider careers in STEM and training scientists to communicate their work to non-scientists. [6] In 2017/2018, Native Scientist reached over 1000 pupils in seven different countries and engaged hundreds of scientists.[7]
Projects[edit]
Native Schools: this project brings international scientists to schools, to meet pupils and speak in their native language about science. This project operates in several European countries (England, Scotland, France, Norway, Germany, Sweden, Ireland and the Netherlands) covering 10 different languages (Portuguese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Estonian, Greek, Turkish and Arabic).
Native Explores: this project brings pupils to labs or museums. The first events happened at Lancaster University [8], King's College London [9] and Dynamic Earth, in Edinburgh.[10]
Native Books: launched in December 2016, it aims at creating educational resources authored by scientists, which can be used by teachers and parents to promote science and language learning. The first edition is in Portuguese [11] and the second one in German. [12]
Native Aware: a collection of interviews to raise awareness about the benefits and challenges of being multilingual. [13]
Other bespoken projects include Challenging Assumptions [14], in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, and Os Cientistas Explicam, in partnership with Rádio Miúdos, the first Portuguese radio station for children.
Partners[edit]
Native Scientist is supported by the Calouste_Gulbenkian_Foundation, the Goethe-Institut, MathWorks, Ciência Viva, The_London_Community_Foundation, Biochemical_Society and the Elsevier Foundation.[15] In addition, Native Scientist has strategic partnerships with Instituto Camões, PARSUK, asppa, AGRAFr, SRUK, GPS, Lusofonias, UCLU Spanish & Latin American Society, La Scuola Italiana a Londra, Rádio Miúdos, ABEP-UK, APC Microbiome Ireland, AISUK, Mother Tongues, Bigkid Foundation, Dynamic Earth, King's College London, Oval Learning Cluster, 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage, Trinity College Dublin, Lambeth Portuguese Wellbeing Partnership, Lancaster University, Tubingen University and LEAD Graduate School & Research Network.
Awards[edit]
Native Scientist has been recognised with multiple awards:
- 2014: Microbiology Outreach Prize, Microbiology Society (awarded to director Joana Moscoso) [16]
- 2015: Outreach and Engagement Award, Royal Society of Biology (awarded to director Joana Moscoso) [17][18]
- 2016: President's Inspirational Partner Award, Imperial College London [19]
- 2017: Director Joana Moscoso was selected among the MIT Innovators Under 35 [20][21]
- 2017: Heriot-Watt Principal's Public Engagement Prize (awarded to Ana Catarino, Native Scientist Coordinator in Scotland) [22]
- 2018: EU label for 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage [23]
- 2018: 'Highly Commended' distinction by STEM Inspiration Awards [24][25][26]
Native Scientist created the Native Awards to recognise the creativity of pupils that participate in the Native Schools project. Pupils are asked to draw what a scientist is for them, as well as to imagine and write a sentence of what they would do if they were a scientist. [27]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.elsevier.com/connect/science-and-language-learning-go-hand-to-hand-in-program-for-schools
- ↑ http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/british-backing-for-project-to-help-portuguese-community-in-london/44563
- ↑ https://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/53
- ↑ https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/181548/sustainable-energy-developer-aerial-robot-creator/
- ↑ http://impactum-journals.uc.pt/rph/article/view/5525
- ↑ Native Scientist Webpage
- ↑ Annual Report 17/18
- ↑ Native Explorers at Lancaster University
- ↑ King's College London's News
- ↑ Blog: Native Scientist explores the Origin of the Universe at Dynamic Earth
- ↑ Uma volta ao mundo com cientistas portugueses
- ↑ Wissenschaftler sind auch nur Menschen
- ↑ Q&A Native Aware
- ↑ Challenging Assumptions / Wissenschaftliche Herausforderungen
- ↑ https://www.nativescientist.com/partners
- ↑ https://microbiologysociety.org/grants/education-outreach-funds/microbiology-outreach-prize.html
- ↑ https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/rsb-awards/outreach-awards/previous-winners?id=1359:royal-society-awards-for-outstanding-science-communicators
- ↑ https://noticias.up.pt/alumna-da-u-porto-premiada-pela-royal-society-of-biology/
- ↑ https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/176109/imperial-celebrates-societal-engagement-stars/
- ↑ https://www.innovatorsunder35.com/the-list/joana-moscoso/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lELavvQGXy4
- ↑ https://www.hw.ac.uk/research/engage/principals-prize/2017-winners.htm
- ↑ https://www.nativescientist.com/single-post/NS-receives-EU-label-Cultural-Heritage
- ↑ https://www.stem.org.uk/news-and-views/news/congratulations-shortlisted-nominees-stem-inspiration-awards
- ↑ https://twitter.com/NativeScientis1/status/1058121367235764226
- ↑ https://www.stem.org.uk/stem-inspiration-awards/winners
- ↑ Native Awards 2017
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