Dr Johannes Awudza, Representative of Ghana’s Royal Society of Chemistry, has called members of the Ghana Science Association (GSA) to endeavour to demystify the study of science so as to attract more people to learn the subject. He also encouraged them to popularize the writings of science journal and magazines adding that writing for publication and giving oral or poster presentations could help prepare members for the teaching career.
Dr Awudza made the call on Wednesday during a day’s training workshop on Scientific Writing at the University of Cape Coast under the theme: “GSA to Promote Scientific Writing”.
The workshop, which was attended by more than 60 participants, was aimed at promoting the understanding of Mathematics, Science and Technology and their application through teaching and research.
Dr Awudza, who is also a member of the Pan African Chemistry Network (PACN), and a former head of the Department of Chemistry at the Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology was hopeful that at the end of the workshop the participants would be able to write solid proposals that could attract and win research grants.
He said the writing and publishing of scientific journals enhanced the knowledge of scientific writings, promoted the understanding of science and its applications through research and teaching.
He, therefore, urged them to overcome their fears especially those who had written scientific articles but did not have the courage and confidence to published them not give up writing.
Dr Awudza said the workshop could also be a source to foster motivation and confidence for them, particularly in the areas writing, publishing, making oral or poster presentations at seminars, conferences and seeking grants for research.
He explained that in writing a scientific paper, one needed to establish the mindset, have knowledge of the ethics involved with it, revise the research work and seek feedback from others to make it original and authentic.
Dr Genevieve Adukpo, President of the Cape Coast Branch of the GSA, said scientists could only effectively communicate their research findings through scientific writing and publishing of journal articles.
She encouraged the participants, who were not yet members of the GSA, to endeavour to join since they had a better chance of gaining scientific knowledge and skills.
Dr Adukpo said the workshop should motivate them to write more journals on science and technology.
Dr Alfred Owusu, who presided, commended the members for their enthusiasm and commitment towards the association and was hopeful that the workshop would yield fruitful results which would go a long way to improve their scientific writing.
