%0 Journal Article
%T From White Lab Coats and Crazy Hair to Actual Scientists: Exploring the Impact of Researcher Interaction and Performing Arts on StudentsĄŻ Perceptions and Motivation for Science
%A Isabel Ruiz-Mall¨Śn
%A Mar¨Şa Heras
%A Sandrine Gallois
%J Science Communication
%@ 1552-8545
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1075547018808025
%X We examine the impact of researchersĄŻ interaction and drama-based techniques when learning science on studentsĄŻ views of scientists and motivations for studying science. We do so through mixed-methods in five secondary schools in three countries. Students changed their perception of scientists toward a less stereotyped image, particularly where their interaction with researchers was higher. PupilsĄŻ interest for scientific careers significantly increased where drama-based techniques were more inserted into the pedagogical approach. Promoting long-term interaction with scientists in school settings combined with embedded drama-based methods in science learning/teaching can contribute to reconstructing studentsĄŻ views on who can be engaged in science
%K art-based methods
%K public perception of scientists
%K stereotype
%K STEM
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1075547018808025