A Study in Influenza: Ways Historical Institutions Can Enhance Science Literacy
dc.contributor.advisor | Lowe, Hilary Iris | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Bruggeman, Seth C., 1975- | |
dc.creator | McManus, Ariel Marie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-24T18:40:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-24T18:40:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/6467 | |
dc.description.abstract | The COVID-19 Pandemic has exemplified the weaknesses in science education. Americans struggle to understand the scientific process and why its findings change. This has caused skepticism to brew. Since museums serve their respective communities as translators of complex information, then they also must support the enhancement of science literacy. To enhance science literacy, digital content must first explain how science is relevant and then explain how the scientific process works. History institutions have the perfect opportunity to walk their audiences through a step-by-step process to understand the changing face of science better. This study accounts for a website I developed to 1.) put in practice some of the essential science literary lessons intuitions might use, and 2.) connect audiences with resources of the 1918 Flu Pandemic. The 1918 Flu Pandemic serves as a model for how history can help explain complex scientific ideas and their relevance to the present due to seasonal outbreaks of influenza and the COVID-19 Pandemic. | |
dc.format.extent | 75 pages | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Temple University. Libraries | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Theses and Dissertations | |
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dc.subject | History | |
dc.subject | 1918 Flu Pandemic | |
dc.subject | Historic sites | |
dc.subject | Influenza | |
dc.subject | Museums | |
dc.subject | Philadelphia | |
dc.subject | Science literacy | |
dc.title | A Study in Influenza: Ways Historical Institutions Can Enhance Science Literacy | |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.type.genre | Thesis/Dissertation | |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Bruggeman, Seth C., 1975- | |
dc.description.department | History | |
dc.relation.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/6449 | |
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dc.description.degree | M.L.A. | |
dc.identifier.proqst | 14525 | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-05-19T19:07:16Z | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-05-24T18:40:55Z | |
dc.identifier.filename | McManus_temple_0225M_14525.pdf |