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2012 Volume 7 Issue 1  Published: 2012-02-10
    Theory Exploration
  • Xiangping Zhang , Xuan Liu , Qi Liang

    At present, international competition is gradually reflected in the competition of the national innovation capacity, many countries have stepped up their national innovation policy system. Specifically, science communication and popularization has gradually become the focus of the policy guarantees in innovation policy system in developed countries. This essay studied on the science communication items and regulations of the national innovation policy system in UK. At the mean time, sector norms of some science foundations (RCUK) were anglicized in terms of regulations for application conditions, execution supervision, project assessment and research publication. The analysis covered policies set concept, the path selection and best practices of UK national innovation policy system. At last, considering China innovation policy context, major problems and relevant solutions in China innovation policy system were put forward.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Fujun Ren , Yizhong Zhang

    An efficient and systematic science popularization talents training system consists of multi-channel, multi-level, multi-type and wide-professional education structure networks. While only a sound and effective science personnel training system can guarantee the accumulation of science popularization talents resource, the increasing quantity of science popularization talents and the improvement of the average quality. This essay conducted the analysis on major bottle-neck problems of the construction of science popularization talents training system. Those major problems include subject discipline, faculty resource, training base and mechanism innovation. Consequently, several countermeasures for those problems were discussed and some solutions for construction of China science popularization talents training system were also given.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Shanyan Xu

    The work of Chinese Civic Scientific Literacy Survey should have a proper set of values and methodologies if it would continue. The monitoring and assessing of Chinese Civic Scientific Literacy Survey should be meaningful a helpful toward the practical work, constructing a working system for Chinese civic scientific literacy based upon with our own features, and dealing with the relationships between civic scientific literacy and science popularization, social practice and social responsibility.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Huang Gu , Guoping Zeng

    On the basis of a literature review of the studies on the integration of science popularization enterprise and science popularization industry, the theory of public goods is used to analyze “why the integration of science popularization enterprise and science popularization industry is necessary and possible”, and to clarify the theoretical basis of the integration.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Lijun Zhou

    The first Beijing Science Carnival launched in September, 2011 has brought the author into the consideration on how the science popularization industry goes to the market. The most efficient way to allocate the science popularization resources is marketilization, and it is a social obligation to ask the enterprises to involve in the work of science popularization.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Donghui Li , Yongmei Hu

    CASTIC and APFS are two youth science and technology competitions of great importance in China. ISEF and STS are two important competitions in America. This paper makes a Sino-US comparative study of the screening mechanism. On the basis of the study, some suggestions have been put forward.(1) To simplify the assessment part of our competitions and improve the effectiveness of the overall quality assessment.(2) To refine evaluation criteria, extend assessment dimensions and set the dimensions' weights with the scientific method.(3) To expand the provincial assessor scope of CASTIC and share provincial assessors as soon as possible.(4) To strengthen the provincial assessor training to ensure the orderly and efficient conducting of assessment.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Hongzhou Zhao

    This paper reviews the history of media settings, and then puts forward the general and unique characteristics of the mass media. According to the network of new media in general and specifically, it analyzes the existing problems and countermeasures of popular science network, and explores the development trend of popular science network.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Husile , Bing Liu

    The art of scientific fiction is a kind of visual texts based on scientific fiction, and the arts are also significant in science communication. This essay analyses the relations between the art of scientific fiction and science communication. It also tries to explore a new approach for the science communication through this unique view-visual culture.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Yude Hou

    In recent years, superstition and pseudoscience events have occurred again and again around us, and impacted on a wide range of society. One of the reasons of these things happening is the inadequate work of science popularization. Many great scientists with profound ideas valued the work of science popularization; they considered science popularization as part of the work of scientists. The author hopes scientists and scholars to dedicate themselves to the science popularization undertaking. So the popular culture of will be full of the scientific spirit, and thus very healthy.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Yiming Wang

    With the connection between contemporary science, society and people, and also by the progress of information and communication, the new method of science popularization through the integration of science and entertainment was generated. The American TV series The Big Bang Theory was one of that and obtained great social responding by communicating and popularizing the science through entertainment. The operating mechanism and features of The Big Bang Theory are analyzed. The current status of China is also discussed. Furthermore, the method of science popularization through the integration of science and entertainment is pondered.

  • Theory Exploration
  • Qi Yue , Chao Ju

    The television is at present the main channel for citizens having access to scientific information. This paper focuses on the new approaches and the development process. The science TV programs should be strengthened more interaction and fun, so that the science knowledge, scientific methods and scientific ideas could be conveyed in a easy way.

  • Science Popularization Establishments Education
  • Xian Song

    Famous nature history museums all have long history, however, with the development of the society, public expecting museums not just cabinets full of specimen, they are inclined to have more deep interactions with those specimen. No matter the innovation for one area or for all, those famous museums indeed have already been on action. During this process, they have good command of the relationship between tradition and modern, generality and individuality, display and interaction, public and collection.

  • Science Popularization Establishments Education
  • Bicheng Li , Xianhua Tang , Lijiang Yu , Zhaozheng Liang

    Museum exhibition is developed by the innovation and application of new technology. It's maybe a wonderful try for the museum exhibition by using information technology. In this paper, it shows wireless information transmission technology was being used to display Nanhui East-wetland scene of Shanghai in SSTM. A brand-new feeling was brought to visitors, on the other hand, it was magnified the time and space of museum. Application of new technology is sparking the exhibition of traditional museum to a new domain.

  • Essay
  • Jun Zheng
  • Popular Science Writing
  • Fangshi Lin
  • Popular Science Writing
  • Fengsheng Lin
  • Book Review
  • Yihong Zhang , Weiying Wang

    Pandora by Zhang Xiaofeng is the earliest science fiction in Taiwan. By the tragedy of the “artificial woman” Pandora, the novel expresses criticism of the theory of science omnipotence in four aspects: firstly, to describe the feelings of the three victims of technology and cross-examine the meaning of life; secondly, to use the theory of Christianity as a critical weapon; thirdly, to repose homesickness in Chinese images; lastly, by symbols, hints, dreams, subconsciousness and environment foils to express a kind of century mood to strengthen the tragedy.

  • Book Review
  • Zhiqiang Kuang

    As one of the excellent original popular science books in recent years, Yin Chuanhong's book Fantasy: A Wonderful Journey to Explore the Unknown World shows several notable writing features, which may give some references to China's original popular science writings.