Hazte un cell-fie

Resumen

The objective of this project is to develop inclusive scientific workshops which combine promoting "scientific literacy" in primary schools and addressing the training needs of university students through the Service-Learning methodology. The project involved the participation of 50 students of Pharmacy (1st year) and Primary Education (3rd year) at San Jorge University, along with 6 primary school teachers and 75 primary schoolchildren (2nd year) from various schools in Zaragoza. The project was divided into four phases. The first one focused on the search of specific information by all students involved and the development of learning materials to organize all the content related to cells. The second phase took the form of a cooperative seminar for students of both degree programmes. During the seminar, Education students received specific training (which allowed them to clarify and expand their knowledge about cell biology) and taught Pharmacy students how to adapt scientific language to a non-specialized audience (didactic transposition). The third phase was dedicated to creating informative materials (videotutorial recording, construction of cell models and design of a microscopy workshop for children). As a fourth phase of the project, a series of practical workshops were held with different groups of primary schoolchildren, using the materials developed in the previous phase. The activity was very highly rated by both Pharmacy and Education students whereas the workshops had a very positive impact on schoolchildren. In this respect, 98.5% of the children liked the activity and 93% indicated that they had learned things they did not know about cells.