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Creating Scientific Temperament through Children’s Science Congress in Uttarakhand, India

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Title Creating Scientific Temperament through Children’s Science Congress in Uttarakhand, India
 
Creator Uniyal, D. P.
Dobhal, Rajendra
Aswal, J. S.
Chander, Vikas
Khatri, Shakuntala
Sharma, Brij Mohan
Rajput, Jyoti
 
Subject Science Communication
Science Temperament
Children’s Science Congress
National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC)
National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC)
 
Description 146-160
Science and Technology provide hands-on guidance in every field such as agriculture, medical sciences, health care, innovations, public utility services, internal and external security, education, entertainment; information and technology, etc. The awareness related to science through informing, educating, and sharing knowledge for promoting sustainable development is known as science communication. The basic aim of science popularization is to expose the society and upcoming generations to the virtues of scientific development and to help them understand the science in their daily life and surroundings as well. Motivating school children towards science is an important aim of science communication at the school level.

  The National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi has been organizing the “Children’s Science Congress (CSC)” as one of the mega flagship programmes at the block, district, state, and the national level throughout the country since the last 27 years. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to compile the experiences of three consecutive years (2017, 2018, and 2019) of Children’s Science Congress organized by the State Council for Science and Technology. It was categorized under seven themes in 2017, while two themes were merged in 2018 and 2019. A total of 11 districts of Uttarakhand participated in the 25th Children’s Science Congress during 2017, while in 2018 and 2019, all (thirteen) districts participated in the Children’s Science Congress. The total number of child scientists from different districts were found to be diverse – 107, 142, and 138 during the 25th, 26th and 27th Children’s Science Congress of Uttarakhand held in 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

  In the present paper an attempt has been made to understand the impact of Children’s Science Congress (CSC) for creating scientific temper among child scientists and mentors.
 
Date 2020-10-29T09:32:30Z
2020-10-29T09:32:30Z
2020-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2278-2796 (Online); 2278-2788 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/55572
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source JST Vol.08(3-4) [July-December 2020]