Latest ArticlesThis paper describes the current situation of popular science in our country, and characteristics presented in the related works. Based on the studying of popular science works, the author analyzes the current problems existing in the social science works, focusing on the scientificity problems, and makes the recommendations of ensuring and strengthening the scientificity from the perspective of the source of the creation.
This study selected both urban and rural areas of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and analyzed the public trends and characteristics in the requirements about science popularization in terms of the media, content and level. The results can provide scientific basis and advices of science popularization work-related organizations.
Although China's overall S&T level keeps rising, many achievements of its research projects are shelved as papers, patents or technical reports that can only be understood by a few experts, leading to an unbalanced development between scientific research and science popularization and making undue contributions to the improvement of scientific literacy of Chinese people. In this paper, the authors make a systematic analysis of major challenges facing the popularization of the findings of scientific research projects, draw lessons from advanced countries in this regard, and offer policy recommendations for promoting science popularization of research projects in China.
The measurement of civic scientific literacy, estimating the level of civic scientific literacy, provides an important reference for the implementation of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy. The measure used in our country should be created based on a combination of abroad experience and achievements with specific conditions of the country, which can not only facilitate the international comparison, but also reflect the level of public scientific literacy in our country and judge whether the desired goal of increasing scientific literacy have been achieved. This paper aims to: 1) analyze the structure of conceptions civic scientific literacy from both domestic and abroad, 2) explore the intension, basic standard and measurement of civic scientific literacy that are suitable for conditions in China, and 3) establish a six-element model and a three-level-index system from two dimensions of “content” and “degree” for evaluating public scientific literacy in China.
The contemporary public communication of science and technology has developed to a new stage of using various media and channels to communicate various contents, and the fragmentation and diversification characteristics make the public communication of science and technology is facing many new challenges. Therefore, the contemporary public communication of science and technology has to actively promote the construction of system and the omni-media strategy, in order to integrate various media to form a public communication system, and raise the influence of the public communication of science and technology.
Based on the analysis of culture, science & technology, economy, and political backgrounds of different historical periods, the author puts forward that the development of the museums' educational function has been deeply influenced by the industry development, science & technology motivation, the demand for the public scientific literacy of the society, the social system and the environment, and the development of the theory of the science communication and science educationideas. As the evolution of biological species to adapt to the environmental changes, we can find the similar evolution process occurs on the science and technology museums. So, the author tries to prove that the decisive factor of the development motivation for the science and technology museums is the demand for the education as the development of the productive forces and the science & technology.
Public participation of Xiangshan Science Conference (XsSC henceforth) is proposed and its implication on science communication is discussed. Two levels of engagement and, accordingly, two levels of science communication are identified. Their correlation and mutual promotion is examined. Some basic thoughts on practical measures of gradually involving lay people in XsSC are put forward, and several unique advantages of this institutional innovation of XsSC are discussed.
The article focuses on the comparison between “One Hundred Popular Science Books” compiled by the Washington Academy of Sciences In 1921, and “100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science” made by American Scientist in 2011. By comparing the category, items and the authors of the selected books, the notion of science writing in America changing from popularizing the knowledge to inspiring the science ideas and interest can be shown clearly, as well as the “popularizing” being the consciousness of scientists and science studies today. All these can be referenced for our own science writings.
With the brilliant achievements of science and technology research, Soviet Union also widely popularized scientific knowledge, and a group of excellent science popularization writers appeared. At the same time, the outstanding science popularization works of Soviet Union were constantly introduced to China, and its far-reaching influence on the development of science popularization enterprise of China were made and summarized in three main stages: preliminary translation period of science popularization works of Soviet Union, boom period of translation and publishing in China of science popularization works of Soviet Union, and revisiting its classic period. The important role of science popularization works of Soviet Union to the development of science popularization enterprise of China was expounded, the reasons why science popularization works of Soviet Union popularized in the Chinese readers was analyzed, and proposals were offered for the popular science writing of China at the present stage.
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