Browsing Education (Scholarly Publications) by Author "Roche, Joseph"
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Academic Writing in Museums
Roche, Joseph (2021)Museum staff strive to create environments rich in opportunity for visitors to explore their relationship with their heritage, culture, art, or science. Their unique expertise in communicating and creating educational ... -
Bridging citizen science and science communication: insights from a global study of science communicators
Roche, Joseph; Taylor, Aoife; Hurley, Mair?ad (2023)A large study of science communicators around the world was conducted as part of the GlobalSCAPE research project. All participants in the study indicated some level of science communication experience, with more than ... -
Citizen Science in Ireland
Roche, Joseph; Barber, Gillian L.; Bell, Laura; Ryan, Cliodhna (2021)Ireland has a rich history of public engagement with science and the growing number of national citizen science initiatives is in keeping with developments seen in other European countries. This paper explores several ... -
Citizen Science Terminology Matters: Exploring Key Terms
Roche, Joseph; Eitzel, M.V.; Cappadonna, Jessica L.; Santos-Lang, Chris; Duerr, Ruth Ellen; Virapongse, Arika; West, Sarah Elizabeth; Kyba, Christopher Conrad Maximillian; Bowser, Anne; Cooper, Caren Beth; Sforzi, Andrea; Metcalfe, Anya Nova; Harris, Edward S.; Thiel, Martin; Haklay, Mordechai; Ponciano, Lesandro; Roche, Joseph; Ceccaroni, Luigi; Shilling, Fraser Mark; Dörler, Daniel; Heigl, Florian; Kiessling, Tim; Davis, Brittany Y.; Jiang, Qijun (2017)Much can be at stake depending on the choice of words used to describe citizen science, because terminology impacts how knowledge is developed. Citizen science is a quickly evolving eld that is mobilizing people’s involvement ... -
Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities
Roche, Joseph (2020)Citizen science is a growing field of research and practice, generating new knowledge and understanding through the collaboration of citizens in scientific research. As the field expands, it is becoming increasingly important ... -
Developing a Numeracy Module for Students with Intellectual Disability in Higher Education
Prendergast, Mark; Roche, Joseph (2017) -
Engaging migrant and refugee communities in non-formal science learning spaces.
Roche, Joseph; Hurley, Mair?ad (2020)In this era of pandemics, economic crises and civil unrest, science centres and museums have an opportunity to become truly relevant resources to society. This paper summarises a number of critical lessons from the PISEA ... -
An enquiry-based learning intervention to support post-primary engagement with science, technology, engineering and mathematics
PRENDERGAST, MARK; Roche, Joseph; O'Neill, Arlene (2016) -
European Researchers Night as a Learning Environment
Roche, Joseph; O'Farrelly, Cliona (2018)European Researchers’ Night is an annual pan-European initiative of the European Commission held on the last Friday in September. In 2015, 1.1 million European citizens and 18,000 researchers took part in events organised ... -
A Guide to Incubating Innovation in Art and Science
Roche, Joseph (2014) -
How does moving public engagement with research online change audience diversity? Comparing inclusion indicators for 2019 & 2020 European Researchers? night events
Roche, Joseph (2022)Taking place annually in more than 400 cities, European Researchers’ Night is a pan- European synchronized event that aims to bring researchers closer to the public. In this paper audience profiles are compared from events ... -
Inclusion, reflection and co-creation: responsible science communication across the globe
Roche, Joseph (2022)Science communication is at the heart of many of the challenges our societies face today. At the same time, on-going changes in the relationship between science and society and the digitalisation of society can make ... -
Interrogating illusions of progress: citizen science, science communication, and a call for inclusive reform
Roche, Joseph; Taylor, Aoife; Hurley, Mair?ad (2023) -
Investigating diversity in European audiences for public engagement with research: Who attends European Researchers Night in Ireland, the UK and Malta?
Roche, Joseph; Jensen, Aaron; Jensen, Eric; Duca, Edward (2021)European Researchers’ Night is an annual pan-European synchronized event devoted to public engagement with research. It was first held in 2005 and now occurs in over 400 cities across Europe, with the aim of bringing ... -
The landscape of European science communication
Roche, Joseph (2021)European science communication project QUEST surveyed and reviewed different aspects of European science communication, including science journalism, teaching and training in science communication, social media activity, ... -
Learning in Citizen Science
Roche, Joseph (Springer Nature, 2021)Citizen science is a promising field for educational practices and research. However, it is also highly heterogeneous, and learning happens in diverse ways, according to project tasks and participants’ activities. Therefore, ... -
Perceptions of the European Space Sector: Youth Engagement With Space Education Events
Roche, Joseph; Hurley, Mair?ad (2021)Space education not only plays a key role in helping young people understand the natural world and their impact on the planet but is also vital in ensuring that future generations can make meaningful contributions to the ... -
A Place for Space: The Shift to Online Space Education During a Global Pandemic
Roche, Joseph; Hurley, Mair?ad (2021)The COVID-19 global pandemic has transformed the relationship between science and society. The ensuing public health crisis has placed aspects of this relationship in harsh relief; perceptions of scientific credibility, ... -
Quality indicators for science communication: results from a collaborative concept mapping exercise
Roche, Joseph (2021)Although the need to improve quality of science communication is often mentioned in public discussions, the science communication literature offers few conceptualizations of quality. We used a concept mapping approach, ... -
Report on training needs in citizen science
Roche, Joseph; Bell, Laura; Nold, Christian; Sheppard, Alice (EU-Citizen.Science, 2019)