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Exploratory Workshop on Narrative in Science

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Morning

Afternoon

Monday, July 6, 2015


Arrival

Dinner (19.00)

Informal introduction of participants at dinner – getting to know each other…


Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Session 1 (9.00-12.30)

Fuchs: Overview of goals (15’)

Fuchs, Corni, Dumont: Origin of the workshop: Our work on narrative in science education (very short outline) (15’)

Session chair (Dumont) introduces the theme of the session (might ask some leading questions…)

Theme: Narrative minds between oral mythic culture and literacy (10.15: 2 h). Abstracts

Contini (20’), Fuchs (20'), make (introductory) contributions, statements

Session chair leads Questions and Discussions (Q&D): Everybody


Lunch (12.30)

Session 2 (14.30-17.30)

Session chair (Fuchs) introduces the theme of the session (might ask some leading questions…)

Theme: Models, simulations, and narratives (2.5h). Abstracts

Morgan (20’), Wise (20’) make (introductory) contributions, statements

Session chair leads Q&D: Everybody


Perrin (17.30-17.50): Narrative and communication


Dinner (19.00)


After dinner discussion: An EU Project on "Narrative in Science Communication and Technical Education." (For those of us who want to be involved.)

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Session 3 (9.00-12.30)

Session chair (Corni) introduces the theme of the session (might ask some leading questions…)

Theme: (Cognitive) Development and language; mind, language, metaphor, and narrative (3h).
Abstracts

Amin/Haglund (20’), Cervi (20’), and Brendel and Dumont P. (20’) make (introductory) contributions, statements

Session chair leads Q&D: Everybody


Lunch (12.30)

Session 4 (14.30-17.30)

Session chair (Dumont) introduces the theme of the session (might ask some leading questions…)

Theme: Science without laws: Biology (evolution, cosmology, earth science), medicine (2.5h).
Abstracts

Morgan, Wise briefly refer back to Session 2 (5’+5’): Science without laws. Examples: Zabel/Altiero (20’), Hurwitz (20’) make (introductory) contributions, statements.

Session chair leads Q&D: Everybody


Dinner (19.00)

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Final Session (8.30-12.00)

Session chair (Fuchs) introduces the theme of the session (might ask some leading questions…)

Theme: Narrative in science education (1h).
Abstracts

Corni (15’), Dumont E. (15’)

Session chair leads questions and discussions (Q&D): Everybody

Fuchs, Dumont, Corni: A research agenda for a Center for Narrative Studies in Science.

Everybody…

What questions or subjects would you personally have the CNSS investigate?

Are there fields of science that cannot be narrated?

Does investigating science from the viewpoint of narrative add to our understanding of the human mind?

And much more…

12.00 Lunch

Departure