ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
Aim of the course
It is intended that students who take this course acquire a general view of the different methods of communicating science and environmental education, especially important in this era, the Anthropocene, conditioned by the global impact that human activities are having on terrestrial ecosystems. Students must reach the following general objectives:
• Learn and apply the guidelines of scientific methodology and in particular of scientific reasoning to the transmission of scientific content. Identify pseudoscientific interpretations.
• Know the main formats for the transmission of scientific knowledge.
• Be trained to transmit scientific information in at least one format.
• Be able to synthesize and expose in public and for the general public knowledge derived from scientific research.
• Know how to apply the principles and tools used in scientific communication and environmental education.
• Develop capacities for critical discussion and evaluation of scientific data related to biodiversity.
Theoretical course
1. The need to promote the communication of science in the Anthropocene. The role of scientists in the transmission of science. Relationship with other disciplines.
2. Traditional formats of science communication and new possibilities. Common methodologies to the different formats.
3. Development of a dissemination plan.
4. Scientific dissemination through the audiovisual. Advantages and disadvantages. Genres and target audience. Methodology in the process of creating scientific communication. Creation of a scientific script and transformation to a film script. Elaboration of a story board. Process of recording, editing and assembly. Diffusion in digital and traditional media.
Practical course
1. Development of scientific dissemination through audiovisual or other media
The students will choose a topic of environmental interest, they will be documented on the topic, will elaborate a scientific script and will have to develop a dissemination plan.
2. Exercises for preparing press releases, headlines, summary work, interviews. Preparation, development and presentation of a work related to scientific dissemination and / or environmental education on a current topic with environmental interest. This report will be prepared in person during the internship, although it may be worked and completed in a non-contact manner. The report will be presented orally in the classroom.
BASICS & GENERALS
CG01 - Acquisition of the capacity to analyse the current and future situation of terrestrial biodiversity.
CG02 - Use of the appropriate terminology for the field of terrestrial biodiversity.
CG03 - Use sources of information and databases necessary to contribute to the analysis and generate information specific to the field of terrestrial biodiversity.
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
CB9 - That the students know to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and last reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized publics in a clear and unambiguous way.
TRANSVERSALS
CT1 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CT4 - Ability to obtain adequate, diverse and updated information in different languages.
CT5 - Commitment of truthfulness of the information offered to others.
CT6 - Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of knowledge.
SPECIFICS
CE13 - Ability to communicate information related to terrestrial biodiversity.
Oral explanation: teaching procedure by which the teacher presents concepts and / or procedures, providing basic information necessary to understand a theoretical perspective or a practical procedure, promoting student participation.
Practical class: developed in the field, laboratory or computer classroom, its purpose is the in situ description of the process of scientific communication and environmental education, the realization of a communication exercise through some of the formats explained and the learning and application of software and adequate hardware, with the support and supervision of the teaching staff.
The evaluation will be made based on the practical work done by the students that will be delivered in report format.
1. In the case of the practice "Development of scientific dissemination through audio-visual or other related media" the evaluation of practical work will mean 70% of the final score and will be based on the presentation of a report containing the description of the target audience, the script of the dissemination material, the dissemination plan and, if there are finally available means to do so, the produced material.
2. The practice related to "Exercises for preparing press releases, headlines, summary work, interviews " will mean 30% of the final score. Participation in the practical activities of the course will also be valued in this percentage of the grade
MINIMUM SCORE MAXIMUM SCORE
Video report evaluation 0 70
Evaluation of the realization and presentation of written topic 0 30
Hours Time in person (%)
Theoretical classes 7 100
Interactive classes 14 100
Tutorship 2 0
Personal work of the student 52 0
Total hours of work 75