Risky Business was based on a school theatre performance involving the assessment of risk in science and technology. It was developed to respond to a need for practical citizenship activity for older secondary school and post-16 students, linking science and society.
The aims of the project were to:
- Increase awareness in students aged fourteen and over of issues of risk in science, specifically environmental risk related to climate change
- Increase students’ ability to participate meaningfully in discussions about risk
- Enable teachers and students to contribute to the policy debate on climate change
- Encourage innovative teaching practices.
Theatre programmes have traditionally proved to be very effective in helping young people address some of the uncertainties in science, particularly in bringing clarity to the ‘grey’ areas between economic need and ethical ambiguity.
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Results
The project finished in August 2007 and the workshop materials are available to teachers via the project deliverers.
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