Ideas y reflexiones para una divulgación científica efectiva

Zusammenfassung

The innovation project Geodivulgar and Ciencia sin Barreras (Science without Barriers) association since 2012 carry out different workshops with essentially geological contents. These activities are offered to participants with different levels of education (from elementary school students to university professors) regardless of their intellectual and sensorial capacities, adapting the contents to the specific needs in each case. Universal design and the use of multisensory didactic materials are the basis to plan any action of this kind, allowing efficient transmission of knowledge and enabling instant adaptation if needed, only adjusting the language level to different public. Trying to assess the knowledge gain with questionnaires after the workshops, we have observed that sometimes the participant’s previous knowledge is overestimated, continuing with the explanations not taking this into account. These results show that it is necessary to reinforce the workshops in order to obtain a real effective communication.