Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
Geoscience knowledge has a strong impact in modern society as it relates to natural hazards, sustainability and environmental
issues. The general public has a demanding attitude towards the understanding of crucial geo-scientific
topics that is only partly satisfied by science communication strategies and/or by outreach or school programs. A
proper knowledge of the phenomena might help trigger crucial inquiries when approaching mitigation of geohazards
and geo-resources, while providing the right tool for the understanding of news and ideas floating from the
web or other media, and, in other words, help communication to be more efficient. Nonetheless available educational
resources seem to be inadequate in meeting the goal, while research institutions are facing the challenge to
experience new communication strategies and non-conventional way of learning capable to allow the understanding
of crucial scientific contents.
We suggest the use of multi-sensory approach as a successful non-conventional way of learning for children and
as a different perspective of learning for older students and adults. Sense organs stimulation are perceived and
processed to build the knowledge of the surrounding, including all sorts of hazards. Powerfully relying in the sense
of sight, Humans have somehow lost most of their ability for a deep perception of the environment enriched by
all the other senses. Since hazards involve emotions we argue that new ways to approach the learning might go
exactly through emotions that one might stress with a tactile experience, a hearing or smell stimulation. To test and
support our idea we are building a package of learning activities and exhibits based on a multi-sensory experience
where the sight is not allowed.
Description:
Unpublished
Description:
Vienna
Description:
3T. Pericolosità sismica e contributo alla definizione del rischio
Description:
restricted
Keywords:
seismic hazard, volcanic hazard, disasters prevention, education
;
04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.11. Seismic risk
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
Poster session
