About Ed
Ed Drewitt works across the University delivering training and has been working with schools for over 14 years. He currently teaches part time in the School of Biological Sciences. Previously he has worked at Bristol Museum and on the University’s Bristol Dinosaur Project.
Young archaeologists at work with the Bristol Dinosaur Project (credit: Ed Drewitt)
1. Develop three clear learning outcomes for your activity
2. Employ a mix of activity styles appealing to different learning preferences
3. Use touchy feely objects - children learn through touching
Students learning about electrostatic charge with glitter at the Festival of Nature schools day
4. Don't forget that attention span is related to age: a seven year old generally has an attention span of seven minutes
5. Pilot your workshop in a school first to iron out timings and activities (the Public Engagement team can help you with this!)
Come along to the training to get more information and advice from Ed. You'll be able to expand your knowledge of working with young people and learn how to develop an activity linked to your research that could inspire the next generation of researchers. There will also be presentations from researchers representing the arts, sciences and social sciences, plus advice from a deputy headteacher.
Engaging with Schools Training
21st April, 9.30am-12.30pm - Queen's Building, University of Bristol
The training is aimed at anyone interested in doing outreach activities in schools to get advice and ideas for developing activities. Taking part in outreach is great for skills development as a researcher and most importantly it's a lot of fun!
