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Master students in science
communication were
educated for work at
planetariums
Lars Broman
Strömstad Academy
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At Dalarna University, Sweden, a 1-yr master program
in science communication was given 2003-2007.
Staff included Prof. Lars Broman, Prof. Hannu Salmi,
Assoc. Prof. Ernst van Groningen, Ass. Prof. Maria
Björkroth, Lecturer Per Broman, and Lecturer Dick
Nilsson.
The program consisted of six 5-week units September
to March plus 20 weeks exam work April to August:
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Unit one
Popular science
Unit two
Informal learning
Unit three
Introduction to
museology
Unit four
Science writing
Unit five
Applied museology
Unit six
Research methodology
Field work April-June
as an intern
at a museum, ...
Field work April-June
as an intern
at a science centre, ...
Field work April-June
as an intern
or at a planetarium
Writing a thesis in
July and August ...
Master Thesis in Science Communication
Jan-Axel Johansson
Teknoland
What do pupils remember
three years after the visit?
DU-SciCom-006
and defending it 3rd week in August
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Master students came from all over the world:
Australia, Austria, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada,
China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India,
Iran, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sweden, Thailand,
Trinidad & Tobago, and Ukraine.
In total 50 students graduated 2004-9
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All students were taught the basics of working
with a planetarium, and starting with the spring
semester 2006, they got experience of running a
digital all-color planetarium.
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Students visited a number of planetariums during
study tours:
* Kosmorama Space Theater in Borlänge, Sweden
* St Exupery Planetarium in Oslo, Norway
* The planetarium at Navet in Borås or at
Upptech in Jönköping, Sweden
* Cosmonova in Stockholm, Sweden
* Verne Theatre at Heureka in Helsinki, Finland
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To write a planetarium program manuscript and to
produce a digitalized planetarium show were among
the requirements.
Textbooks in scriptwriting were Per Broman's
"Creating Manuscripts for Planetarium Programs and
Other Multimedia Slide Shows" and the IPS CD "Tips
for Excellent Script Writing" by Steve Tiday.
Textbooks in planetarium show production were three
introductory compendiums by Per Broman on the use
of GoldWave, Image Composer, and PowerPoint.
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During the first semester, students got hands-on
experience of handling a planetarium, both a mobile
StarLab and under a (semi-)permanent Eurodome.
Students did live presentations both with an optomechanical projector and a full-dome digital video
projector.
Slide & audiocassette programs were gradually
replaced by laptop & video projector programs.
Dalarna University had no own planetarium
equipment but rented it from Broman Planetarium.
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Included in the program was a 3-month internship and
thesis field work at a science center, museum, or
planetarium. A couple of students have each year
chosen to go to a planetarium somewhere in the world
and to subsequently write a thesis in the planetarium
field.
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During the years 2004-2008, nine scholarships from
the IPS Armand Spitz Fund for Planetarium Education
have been available for students from Dalarna
University, writing a master thesis. Their supervisor
was Lars Broman or Ernst van Groningen, and they
had also one or two local supervisors. The nine theses
were subsequently publish in 2008 as IPS Special
Publication 10, on 2 CD:s.
The following students received a
500 US$ scholarship:
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2004:
Claudette Martin, Canada
H R McMillan Space Centre, Vancouver BC, Canada
Donna Livingstone, local supervisor
Thesis: Examining Visitor Attitudes and Motivations at a
Space Science Centre
Hamid Asgari and Kayvan Seyed Nejadian, Iran (shared)
Dalarna University temporary science center
Per Broman, local supervisor
Thesis: Important Parameters in Designing and
Presenting Exhibits and Planetarium Programs in Science
Centers. A Visitor-Based Framework
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2005:
Miao Xu, China
Orion Planetarium, Jels, Denmark
Lars Petersen, local supervisor
Thesis: A Study of Visiting Student Groups to
Planetarium Shows
Shibly Ahmed, Bangladesh
South Tyneside College Planetarium, UK
Eva Hans, local supervisor
Thesis: The History of Planetaria in UK
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2006:
Yang Yu, China
Mediendome Kiel, Germany
Eduard Thomas and Jürgen Rienow, local supervisors
Thesis: Exploring New Possibilities of New Generation
Planetariums. Qualitative and Quantitative Study in
Mediendom, Kiel, Germany
Bilal Anwar, Pakistan
Framtidsmuseet, Borlänge, Sweden
Elisabet Eronn, local supervisor
Framtidsmuseet Visitor’s Questionnaire Survey
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2007:
Inga Gryl, Germany
K. E. Ziolkowski Planetarium and Observatory, Suhl,
Germany
Olaf Kretzer, localsupervisor
Thesis: The Influence of Astronomy Education in
School and Planetariums on Previous Astrological Beliefs
Nataliya Kovalenko, Ukraine
Kyiv Planetarium, Kyiv, Ukraine
Olena Dirdovska and Klim Churyumov, local supervisors
Thesis: Kyiv Planetarium Activities – New Ways to
Teach Astronomy
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2008:
Tobias Wiethoff, Germany
Planetarium of Jena, Jena, Germany
Hans Meinl, local supervisor
Thesis: After the digital revolution: Impact of
Fulldome technology in a planetarium
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Thanks for your attention!
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