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University as a vehicle to enhance the role of science
centers in a knowledge based society
Dr. Mohamed Mamdouh AwnyDirector, Technology Management Program
Arabian Gulf UniversityKingdom of Bahrain3 November 2008
NAMES Network first General Assembly Meeting , 2-3 November 2008, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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UNITE:Research ,
Scholarship, and Teaching!!
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Vann Bush
Supporting research in universities by the government is an investment in the education of the next generation
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Stepping back only a few decades ago:
Universities were:• about intellectual pursuit, predominantly
for its own sake; • they educate a very privileged minority;• placed in cities but not really part of them;• activities were hidden- they were almost
abstract;• the academics were indulging in activities
that were above the daily pursuit of ordinary people
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Shift :
• From high-cultural role of the elite university to a broader role for the contemporary mass university
• Yet in many places of the world, people still see universities as distant from, and not engaged in the present and future of their communities
• Gradually, universities have becoming more coherent with the market and society
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World around us is changing at
tremendous speed
• It is characterized by the fast and diversified communications
• World is becoming borderless, interconnected, and interdependent
• Many believe that the rate of change of critical technologies may exceed 25% per year
• Therefore, education system has to cope with this fact, and
• Traditional long-term updates to academic curricula obsolete processes, also
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• In addition to creating the new knowledge, universities' researchers make breakthroughs and innovations
• Impacts the way universities work, cooperate, and interact with the local and global communities.
• Students were allowed to select courses, which in turn becoming more specialized and job oriented.
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New trends:
• Growing feeling amongst the business community that specialization has gone too far
• They prefer the liberally-educated "generalist" to the narrowly-focused specialist to suit their ever-changing needs
• The rapid change of critical technologies and market demands needs:
- educational programmes that involve close cooperation of industry;
- education for the job and life-long re-education
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Entrepreneurship and universities
• The government reduction of its financial support to the universities has tempted the universities to be busy grooming themselves up to serve the industry both in re-education, in applied research activities of varying degrees of sophistication, and/or even run-of-the mill consultancy work
-The emerge of professor "entrepreneur" whose concern is raising funds
- Professors responsible for "business development" and promoting their institutions in the new and open market.
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The possible drawbacks• One is scared that shifting to market, for
financial support, may become recognized means of supplementary inadequate staff incomes
• May have adverse impacts on academic interests and priorities, and particularly in teaching (time allocation, quality, etc.)
- Secretiveness may gradually replace peer review- commercializing universities' research
activities and providing what the industry wants rather than excellence or adding knowledge may dictate the universities' mission
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Universities' main role is three folds
• Education: that creates human capital by fostering the new generations to posses knowledge, skills, and ethics;
• Research (both basic and applied): that creates knowledge;
• Servicing the society: by dissemination of knowledge and its implementations for the prosperity of the society.
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Universities and Societies
• The role of servicing the society by dissemination of knowledge and its implementations is becoming of great importance
• We can now see almost all universities are having vice-chancellors for society services
• Most societies are changing from material-based societies to knowledge based ones.
• Knowledge based societies are those societies sharing knowledge reality. This is an act for the democratization of scientific knowledge.
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Science Centers
• One of the proven effective tools for knowledge dissemination in societies
• Emphasize a hands-on approach, featuring interactive exhibits
• Encourage members of the society to experiment and explore scientific phenomena and technological product in an stimulating environment
• They develop positive attitudes and go through cognitive learning
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Brief historical background
• First science museum was the Saint Louis Museum of Science in Philadelphia 1859
• First science centre was the Urania Science Centre which was founded in Berlin in 1888
• Science centers started to emerge at a considerable number all over the world in the 1960's
• Science Centers have assisted in the development and building of technology parks throughout the world
• May overcome some of the deficiencies in equipping the school laboratories in developing countries
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Universities and Science Centers
• To accomplish their role as knowledge disseminators and services providers to the society
• Many science centers around the world are established, owned and operated by Academy of science, universities or education institutes
• Saint Louis Science Centre and the University City science centre in Philadelphia
• Will upgrade the level of students later enrolling the universities
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Universities to participate in:
• Study and suggest the form, type, and role;• Design the detailed components and structure; • Identify its technical and financial feasibility;• Involve the university science and technology
staff in the realization of these designs;• Encourage their staff to embody their knowledge
and skills in physical exhibits;• Continuously update the exhibits with up-to-date
science discoveries and technologies;• Raising funds for the centers;• Running the centre.
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Science Museum Centre at Arabian Gulf University
• Anatomy science museum has been established in Arabian Gulf University more than a decade ago
• The pre-medical students are the most beneficiaries of this museum
• The university is to expand this museum/science centre
An overview of the museum
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Dr. Mohamed Mamdouh AwnyDirector, Technology Management ProgramArabian Gulf UniversityKingdom of Bahrain 3 November 2008