Appendices to: Addressing the importance of STEM to Public Science communication in engineering formation: an analysis of an educational innovation for an upper-level chemical engineering health and safety course

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2024

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STEM-to-public science communication is recognized as an important skill, but a pedagogical framework for teaching these skills is lacking. Collaborating with safety and science communication experts, an educational innovation was developed in a health and safety course for chemical engineering students. Students attended three science communication workshops and conducted a mock town hall based on briefs from historical chemical incidents. Initial and follow-up surveys show that students’ self-efficacy around these skills improved following participation in the educational innovation.

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Communication skills, Educational research, Ethics, Project-based learning, Safety

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Simpson, L.M., VanDyke, M.S., & Koh, A.S. (2024). Addressing the importance of STEM to Public Science communication in engineering formation: an analysis of an educational innovation for an upper-level chemical engineering health and safety course.