Latest ArticlesThis paper analyzed nearly 100 cases of science education activities submitted to China natural science museum, for the first time concentrating on the research of design, resource employment, implementation and evaluation of science education activities. The paper described how these activities were carrying out, the level and characteristics of their development. The theory of best cases could provided instructions and support for practitioners of science education activities.
How superstition won and science lost——popularizing science and health in the United States is an important book written by John C. Burnham. The author's research about method of the History of Americation's Science Popularization is the obviously characteristic of the following facets: Firstly, the research is from a novel angle. Secondly, the combination of history and theory is very good method. Thirdly, the view is unique.
With the development of science and technology, the uncertainty of science and technology is becoming more and more obvious. How to understand the uncertainty of science and technology relates to the application of science and technology, development of economics and the security of society. School education and public media, by which the public acquire information of science and technology, play an important role in communicating the uncertainty of science and technology.
The integration mechanism of Science Popularization and Culture Industry is studied in this paper. Based on the review of seven one-way or two-way reactions between Science Popularization and Culture Industry, the culture production of Science Popularization is analyzed and divided into three fields. In the end, two typical cases are illustrated.
Based on the theory of monitoring and evaluation, this paper discussed the theory framework of M&E of the implementation of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy (NSSL), which would support the practical M&E action of the work relating to Science Popularization.
Museums are increasingly accepted as a mainstream learning location. The major principle of exhibition design in a museum is to establish effective mode based on studying, attracting and benefiting audience, so as to help them to get informations to develop themselves, realize their social value and achieve an integrated development finally. Humanistic Learning Theory provides an academic support for the principle of exhibition design. Some modern European museums have set up various successful modes in exhibition design on the basis of Humanistic Learning Theory. According to the humanism ideas, modern European museums have endowed displaying items with abundant emotional factors, found up many actual problematic scenes, connected exhibition contents closely with practical audience's experiences in daily life, accelerated them to explore and learn further. This is accordant with the so called well known saying “knowledge is infinite”.
This article analyzes the poor management of comprehensive periodicals on science popularization, focusing on revealing the reasons behind, and putting forward advices for fighting out of this plight.
The PUS movement can not only meet the demands of the public of participating in democratic affairs through scientific activities, but also promote the development of knowledge economy based on science. To China, PUS is also a cultural movement which compensates the deficiency of Chinese traditional culture. Therefore, PUS is a comprehensive concept with rich connotations changing with the progress of science and technology, the status of China and the evolution of world civilization.
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