breaking through boundaries in (and with) science education
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Breaking through boundaries in (and with) science education
Ilkka Jormanainen Executive Director
Joensuu Science Society ilkka.jormanainen@tiedeseura.fi
SciFest in a nutshell • International science and
technology festival • Organized in Joensuu
since 2007 • Idea ”imported” from
South Africa • Four days, 8600 visitors
(2012) • 80+ workshops, lectures,
competitions, theatre, etc…
• SciFest is much about going beyond conventional boundaries
Breaking the attitudes • Who says that teenage girls
are not fascinated about science, or that kids from less developed countries could not master technology?
Breaking the distances • The longest (?) tug-of-war in the world
between Finland and South Africa
Breaking the language barriers
• Their English may not be very fluent, but still Taiwanese students surprise us year after year
Breaking the boundaries of the earth
• Dr. Harrison Schmitt went to moon with Apollo 17 and came to SciFest 2009 to tell us about it
Breaking out from the comfort zone
• Science must be taken out from the labs and chambers, and it must be enjoyable and concrete for kids and adults too!
www.scifest.fi/welcome
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