CCI Research

Since the Children Challenging Industry project began, research studies have been carried out in order to establish its effectiveness. Some of these looked in particular at how children's perceptions of industry changed during their involvement with the project, and others looked at the effect on children's learning.

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Harnessing children's scientific imagination

A report exploring children's attitudes towards science through polling and interviews:

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Learning to Love Science: Harnessing children's scientific imagination

 

Children's drawings of employees

"I like science more now because the topic we have done was really interesting - the best topic I've ever done in science"
"It has been really fun and experimenting is a good way to learn about science"
"I thought it was an excellent opportunity for children to recognise how many of the scientific concepts they are taught apply to real life"
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Children Challenging Industry
CIEC
University of York
York
YO10 5DD

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