TY - BOOK

T1 - Communicating Knowledge of Plant Genetic Resources to the Public

T2 - A study of demonstration projects in a grant -scheme in the Danish Rural Development Programme

AU - Windfeldt, Louise

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - This thesis analyses how knowledge of plant genetic resources was communicated to the publicthrough demonstration-projects in a governmental grant-scheme, which was part of the EU RuralDevelopment Programme 2007 to 2013. The grant-receivers were museums and other InformalLearning Environments. Three studies were made using frameworks from educational research,communication theory, and network theory: At first an analysis of the conditions influencing theformulation of the grant-scheme was made, secondly a study of the grant-receivers’communication was conducted, and finally the cooperation between the grant-receivers wasanalysed. It was found that the potential to disseminate knowledge of plant genetic resources tothe public through the grant-scheme was high but limited in scope due to the conditions thatmade it. With these limits the grant-receivers were successful communicators, and their diversityas well as cooperation between them were found to enhance the potential of learning andlearners.Recommendations are given to the work with plant genetic resources: It is important thatinternational strategies and an overall national programme govern the conservation, growing anddevelopment of plant genetic resources. Informal Learning Environments can be successfulcommunicators, and collaboration may increase efficiency, lower costs, and may also helpbuilding up stable, long-term relations and trust between stakeholders and the State.

AB - This thesis analyses how knowledge of plant genetic resources was communicated to the publicthrough demonstration-projects in a governmental grant-scheme, which was part of the EU RuralDevelopment Programme 2007 to 2013. The grant-receivers were museums and other InformalLearning Environments. Three studies were made using frameworks from educational research,communication theory, and network theory: At first an analysis of the conditions influencing theformulation of the grant-scheme was made, secondly a study of the grant-receivers’communication was conducted, and finally the cooperation between the grant-receivers wasanalysed. It was found that the potential to disseminate knowledge of plant genetic resources tothe public through the grant-scheme was high but limited in scope due to the conditions thatmade it. With these limits the grant-receivers were successful communicators, and their diversityas well as cooperation between them were found to enhance the potential of learning andlearners.Recommendations are given to the work with plant genetic resources: It is important thatinternational strategies and an overall national programme govern the conservation, growing anddevelopment of plant genetic resources. Informal Learning Environments can be successfulcommunicators, and collaboration may increase efficiency, lower costs, and may also helpbuilding up stable, long-term relations and trust between stakeholders and the State.

UR - https://soeg.kb.dk/permalink/45KBDK_KGL/fbp0ps/alma99122559479405763

M3 - Ph.D. thesis

BT - Communicating Knowledge of Plant Genetic Resources to the Public

PB - Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

ER -