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  • Juan Li, Ling Chen, Xiuju Li, Jie Xu
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(5): 58-62.

    In this paper, the basic situation of primary school science teachers in China which is analyzed includes the number, the gender ratio, and the educational level of science teachers. The overall landscape of science education infrastructure in primary schools is also analyzed from the standard rate of experimental instrument, the per-student lab area and the experimental instrument asset. The results show that science teachers in primary schools in China are still lacking, requiring an additional number of 37 000 teachers, and the educational infrastructure in the urban areas is rather different from the counterpart in the rural areas. Therefore, in order to deal with the comprehensive development of science curriculum in primary schools, it is advised to start with filling the gap of science teachers, using the resources of scientific education facilities inside and outside of school, and using new media skill.

  • Zise Wang, Zan Li, Yao Zhang
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(5): 63-70.

    As one of the most important forms of exhibition in science museums, short-term thematic exhibition is attracting more and more attention than ever before. In line with author’s practical experience in developing exhibition in science museums, this paper investigates the concept and features of short-term thematic exhibition, summarizes the procedure for devising short-term thematic exhibitions, and mainly focuses on methods with kinds of models. Meanwhile, a thematic exhibition named Be All You Can Be on psychology is taken as an example to analyze how it is planned, and the key factors impacting the success of short-term thematic exhibitions are also put forward in the paper.

  • Zhesheng Tang, Yihong Zhang
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(5): 71-74.

    Liu Cixin’s short story echoes the famous music Ode to Joy by Beethoven, illuminating positive sides of humanity where all humans should unite together as good brothers. The marvelous spatial art description in the story embodies Liu Cixin’s unique style, whereas the thought of the spring of science pins the story on Liu Cixin’s earlier writing career before The Three-Body Problem.

  • Zhimin Zhang
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(5): 75-79.

    Underground Fire, a short science fiction, is a typical coal-mining theme literature work. The story is illustrated based on the underground gasification, realism creation method is applied to give an expression of grand themes about natural disasters, technological progress and human survival in this work. The using of rhetoric devices, (such as metaphor and comparison) as well as the using of narrative techniques (such as intensive narrative and time jump) are the main writing features in this work, that significantly enhances the literary flavor of this science fiction. This work does not only eulogize scientific ideal, but also fairly criticize blindness and non-rationality.

  • Yanli Xu, Weiying Wang
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(5): 80-87.

    “The Past of the Earth”, “Forest of Darkness”, and “A God of Death forever” are the series of novels of The Three-Body by Liu Cixin. The novel depicts a number of featured and outstanding characters, whose inner world and code of conduct are vividly displayed in the chaotic battles in the universe. The narrative in the whole novel is imposing, extensively involving the science fiction elements both in the macro and in micro world. That has given birth to the creation of unique-style work The Three-Body, and shaped and elevated the narrative tactics used in science fiction in China. The novel attaches great importance to the literary depiction, which is delicate in language, and complex in structure with numerous twists and turns in the narrative setting. The novel seeks to focus more on philosophical exploration and thinking in science fiction, compared with works of the same nature.

  • Chuan’an Hong, Meifang Zhang
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(5): 88-95.

    The dissemination and popularization of public health knowledge is an important direction of modern Chinese medical development and national policy. The Ta Kung Pao Medical Weekly founded by Bing Yin Medical College is an important medical journal in North China in the 1920s and 1930s. Since the years from 1929 to 1937, the journal has actively and continually introduced the experience regarding health management in foreign countries, popularized knowledge concerning public health, and relayed advice and suggestions to the government, and then obtained an important position and role in the public health popularization. The journal published 133 related articles in total, which not only popularized knowledge of public health, but also fairly and objective lyrecorded the real situation of public health in China at that time, and demonstrated the tireless efforts made by the Chinese intellectuals to promote public health.

  • Nan Wang
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(5): 96-105.

    This paper analyzes the series of astronomical science articles Xiaochuang Suibi in the Astronomical and Meteorological Magazine which were written by Gao Lu in the period of the Republic of China. It makes a logic analysis of the main content of Xiaochuang Suibi and its references to local knowledge resources. According to citation index of Rizhilu and Rizhilu Jishi (the most representative local knowledge resources) in Xiaochuang Suibi, the paper chooses Rizhilu and Rizhilu Jishi as the case studies. It concludes that Xiaochuang Suibi creates a new popular science model which is different from the that during the early years of the Republic of China, namely, local knowledge resources are taken to interpret western science in Xiaochuang Suibi.

  • Enshan Liu
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(4): 5-10.

    Engineering science is considered as a discipline principally for changing and shaping the natural environment by means of designing, manufacturing and maintaining of artifacts and technical systems, the artificially-made world conjured up by such science makes the earth where we are inhabiting today more and more beautiful. Thanks to the ever increasing linkage between the global economic competitiveness and the innovation, engineering science has drawn wider attention than any other period in history. The fact that Engineering science is included into the basic education helps significantly to enrich and expand the related curriculums and their educational value by its innovation, designing, as well as practice, that will provide a most direct and pivotal linking point for the related curriculums (including science) in cultivating students’ capabilities on seeking creativity, practice and problem-solving, thus all the above-mentioned factors will offer a more effective tool for goals set forth for education and curriculums. Entering into the 21st century, the new curriculum which takes engineering science as its main component has taken shape, resulting in encouraging ripples. In China, the 2017 Science Curriculum Standard for Primary School and the Impending Chemistry Curriculum Standard for Senior High School have incorporated engineering science into the content standard of the curriculum as an independent study area or module. In a nutshell, in order to better put into place the requirements for the related curriculums and to include engineering science into courses set for primary school and middle school students, teachers of math and science, school administrators, and education decision-makers shall have a better knowledge of engineering science, and shall review the role played by engineering science in basic education curriculum as well.

  • Yanyan Li, Wei Song
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(4): 11-16.

    In order to clarify the crisis of confidence in the science risk perception, this paper makes an empirical analysis of the mechanism of trust affecting risk perception. Several conclusions are obtained principally based on the research. Firstly, the public trust in science is influenced by the channel of scientific information dissemination and the level of education; Secondly, trust has negative impacts on scientific risk perception, and the dimensions of competence trust and goodwill trust have a significant impact on the public scientific risk perception; Last but not the least, individual risk preference of the public has negative effects on scientific risk perception.

  • Yangmei Han, Weidong Zhuge
    Studies on Science Popularization. 2017, 12(4): 17-24.

    With international climate conferences successively held in Copenhagen, South Africa, Paris, the concern of “climate change” is continuously gaining momentum, and scholars carry out researches and offer suggestions from different perspectives as well. In the occidental world, science communication of climate change communication has developed into a more systematic research area and discipline after nearly 50 years, development. From that sense, how about the research conducted in that area in the past decade? How about the issues are under study and discussion? And how about the distribution areas of scholars? The study chooses the papers from the international top journals “public understanding of science” and “science communication” between 2006 and 2015, the theme is set for “science communication of climate change”. The study constructs categories from the literature type, publication year, country distribution, organization, research theme, methods and theories, co-operation, keywords and other aspects by utilizing quantitative statistical analysis, and in the paper the current situation and trend of science communication of climate change in the past decade are outlined and analyzed. Results show that academic research on climate change is changed and impacted by the heatedly-debated topics which the conferences attach great importance to, such research is not coherent and systematic. “Media” plays a decisive role in setting the framework and discourse for climate communication, interactions and impacts from multiple communicators, as well as the attitudes and behaviors of the public are the focuses which it cares about.