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Students around the world are losing their passion for science, and they’re losing it at school. Like many countries who do not require science in every year of schooling, New Zealand only requires science to be taken up to Year 10 (of 13) in high school.
Instinctively, when a person with migraines to whom they prescribe a homeopathic treatment feels the improvement, he or she tends to make an automatic association: “It actually works for me.” However, the brain tends to interpret correlative facts as causal, amongst many other factors.
Industry is an important site of techno-scientific development, yet interventions to fostering public engagement have mostly focused on academic institutions.
Great research could start when regular people inspire science, when somebody – as explained by Norbert Steinhaus – reformulates, translates society’s questions into a language that scientists understand.
Far from being a void of silence, the ocean is bustling with life and has a thriving language of its own. Acoustics are vital to whales’ and dolphins’ underwater lives, but as human activities in marine environments increase, so does the noise.
The fields of science and science communication have long neglected students with intellectual disabilities. Increasing attempts have been made to include students with some disabilities in science activities, shows and exhibitions.
As new disease threats continue to emerge, the creation of risk mitigation strategies relies on clear, timely and proactive communication.
The concept of rationality in science has been an important issue in the domain of science philosophy, and has been a focus in science education research also.
Press offices of Western academic and research institutions are relying less on news releases and mainstream media to disseminate scientific information.
An important source of information about science is news media. Media do not only inform about emerging issues in society, they also shape the public agenda through their agenda setting function and frames used by journalists.
Australia’s animal industries rely on their ‘clean and green’ status: free from many diseases that are endemic elsewhere in the world.
Scholars of science communication have argued that scientific community lacks a culture of genuine science communication and public engagement.
There are varying reasons behind researchers’ motivation to participate in science communication: traditional duty to disseminate knowledge, deliberating engagement goals, and visibility demands from institutions and research funders that are intensifying globally.
As technology is more and more popular in public’s daily life, the scientific policy decision making become the burst point between the government and the public: if lack of public participation government decision-making will be taken as against modern democratic and political aspirations, but once intruduce public participation, the decision full of “science and technology” is easy to be questioned and even boycott by the “ignorant” public.
In this session, we will discuss how challenges and opportunities in science communication can be met with innovative tools, which share a deep commitment to dialogue and audience-centered techniques. Five stories will be shared as a basis for the following group discussions.
Homeopathy is an alternative medicine whose efficacy is subject to controversies due to the lack of peer-reviewed studies.