Latest ArticlesBefore the Science and Technology Popularization Law was issued, The legal system construction for science popularization has been carried out in many fields. Meanwhile, the legal system building for science popularization in local area has promoted extensively. Since the issue and enforcement of Science and Technology Popularization Law in 2002, the construction of legal system for science popularization in China has undergone a fully development. The legal system for branch science popularization has gradually systematized. The science popularization legal system in local area developed deeply in all directions and multilevel. The prolongation of the legal system for science popularization in critical areas and new fields is in the ascendant.
New evidences against a popular believed idea that there is an indirection relationship between scientific literacy and economic growth support that scientific literacy performance as the proxy for the human capital has a significant growth effect. Conditional on initial incomes, regional growth over the last four decades is completely described by difference in scientific literacy, and one standard deviation difference on test performance is related to 1% difference in annual growth rates of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.
According to previous research findings, the functions and characteristics of science popularization industry are further studied. In the system of social structure, science popularization industry performs some functions which determine its unique attributes and characteristics. Generally speaking, science popularization industry possesses three functions (social function, economic function and political function), and which correspondingly display two characteristics of society and industry. The characteristic of society reflects the social and political benefits, but the characteristic of industry reflects the economic benefits.
Based on the sampling data of those exemplary counties (cities/districts) analysis in 2011-2015, the paper starts from setting up a speculative evaluation framework. By using factor analysis and cluster analysis, this essay explores further on the general capability of those counties scattered across the country. The exploration yields as a result a possible practical evaluation framework for the assessment of those exemplary counties (cities/districts) and thereupon gives rise to a scaling assortment of their constructing condition. The conclusion may contribute to the assessment and classification of the National Science Popularization Exemplary Counties (Cities/Districts), which offers a quantifiable way for the management of the runners.
With the context that young people are gradually unwilling to study science, Pr. Kitahara Kazuo conducted more than 150 scientists, science communicators, educators and industry people in 2005 to clarify the basic knowledge, skill and concepts of science and technology. Afterwards, they made a report named Scientific Literacy for All Japanese. Their report laid not only the basic framework for quality assurance of secondary and high education, but also the guide line for the public science education including science museums and science exhibitions.
Animation as a comprehensive art form which integrate literature, art, film and television, science and technology, and many other fields as a whole, has spread into the science communication field for its unique charm. Thanks to its characteristics such as vivid description, animation has made it easier for the public to understand science knowledge, which has improved the effect of science and technology popularization. This article starts from the connotation of science and technology popularization, by analyzing the form of expression and unique predominance of animation in the process of science knowledge.
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