Big Fat Ideas

• Series five
• Series four
• Series three
  • The challenge of neglected diseases in the developing world
  • Risk and fear, and why parents don't let their children go places by themselves
  • Science and society: Transforming the curriculum
  • Giving Sudanese-Australians a voice in the media
  • The media on climate change: a perfect storm of miscommunication
• Series two
• Series one

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Science is seen as a necessary part of school education for all students but Australian students are turning away from studying science, and have been for at least twenty years. Most recommendations for fixing this situation focus on teaching better, and don’t consider the substantial changes in science, society and the relationship between science and society that have happened over the past decades. We need a different type of science education in schools, one that encourages an attitude of productive social engagement with science.