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Rumala BB, Hidary J, Ewool L, et al. Tailoring science outreach through E-matching using a community-based participatory approach. PLoS Biol. 2011;9(3):e1001026doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001026.
Rumala, B. B., Hidary, J., Ewool, L., Emdin, C., & Scovell, T. (2011). Tailoring science outreach through E-matching using a community-based participatory approach. PLoS biology, 9(3), e1001026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001026
Rumala, Bernice B, et al. "Tailoring science outreach through E-matching using a community-based participatory approach." PLoS biology vol. 9,3 (2011): e1001026. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001026
Rumala BB, Hidary J, Ewool L, Emdin C, Scovell T. Tailoring science outreach through E-matching using a community-based participatory approach. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1001026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001026. Epub 2011 Mar 08. PMID: 21408195; PMCID: PMC3050634.
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PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1001026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001026. Epub 2011 Mar 08.

Tailoring science outreach through E-matching using a community-based participatory approach.

PLoS biology

Bernice B Rumala, Jack Hidary, Linda Ewool, Christopher Emdin, Ted Scovell

Affiliations

  1. The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America. [email protected]

PMID: 21408195 PMCID: PMC3050634 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001026

Abstract

In an effort to increase science exposure for pre-college (K-12) students and as part of the science education reform agenda, many biomedical research institutions have established university-community partnerships. Typically, these science outreach programs consist of pre-structured, generic exposure for students, with little community engagement. However, the use of a medium that is accessible to both teachers and scientists, electronic web-based matchmaking (E-matching) provides an opportunity for tailored outreach utilizing a community-based participatory approach (CBPA), which involves all stakeholders in the planning and implementation of the science outreach based on the interests of teachers/students and scientists. E-matching is a timely and urgent endeavor that provides a rapid connection for science engagement between teachers/students and experts in an effort to fill the science outreach gap. National Lab Network (formerly National Lab Day), an ongoing initiative to increase science equity and literacy, provides a model for engaging the public in science via an E-matching and hands-on learning approach. We argue that science outreach should be a dynamic endeavor that changes according to the needs of a target school. We will describe a case study of a tailored science outreach activity in which a public school that serves mostly under-represented minority students from disadvantaged backgrounds were E-matched with a university, and subsequently became equal partners in the development of the science outreach plan. In addition, we will show how global science outreach endeavors may utilize a CBPA, like E-matching, to support a pipeline to science among under-represented minority students and students from disadvantaged backgrounds. By merging the CBPA concept with a practical case example, we hope to inform science outreach practices via the lens of a tailored E-matching approach.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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