Communicating Science to the Public Opportunities and Challenges for the Asia-Pacific Region

Communicating Science to the Public Opportunities and Challenges for the Asia-Pacific Region / edited by Leo Tan Wee Hin, R. Subramaniam.

This book explores effective approaches for communicating science to the public in developing countries. Offering multiple perspectives on this important topic, it features 17 chapters that represent the efforts of 23 authors from eight countries: Australia, Bangladesh, India, Ireland, New Zealand,...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tan Wee Hin, Leo (Editor), Subramaniam, R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Science education.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Schools
  • Promoting science literacy via science journalism: Issues and challenges, Billy McClune, and Ruth Jarman
  • Science clubs: An under-utilized tool for promoting science communication activities in schools, M. Shaheed Hartley
  • Developing scientific literacy from engaging in science in everyday life: Ideas for science educators, Teo Tang Wee and Lim Kim Yong
  • The nature of science kits in affecting change in public attitude towards and understanding of science, Daniel Dickerson and Craig Stewart
  • Field trips to industrial establishments: Infinite opportunities for popularizing science, Irene Tan and Charles Chew
  • Science centers
  • A role for science centers in communicating science – A personal view, Graham Durant
  • Science communicators as commercial and social entrepreneurs, Graham Walker
  • Assessing science communication effectiveness: Issues in evacuation and measurement, Rod Lamberts and Catherine Rayner
  • Universities
  • Graduate degree programs in science communication: Educating and training science communicators to work with communities, Nancy Longnecker and Mzamose Gondwe
  • Outreach activities by universities as a channel for science communication, Lloyd Spencer Davis
  • Role of learned societies in science communication, Leo Tan Wee Hin and R. Subramaniam
  • Science Olympiads as vehicles for identifying talent in the sciences: The Singapore experience, Shirley S. L. Lim, Horn-Mun Cheah and Tzi-Sum Andy Hor
  • Challenges facing developing countries in the promotion of science communication, Leo Tan Wee Hin and R. Subramaniam
  • General communication initiatives
  • Web-based channels for science communication, Karen Bultitude
  • Science communication through mobile devices, Oum Prakash Sharma
  • Café scientfiques, Duncan Dallas
  • Television as a medium of science, M. Shamsher Ali.

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