• DocumentCode
    115567
  • Title

    A case study analysis of social organizations participate in science communication in China

  • Author

    Guo Xiaoyan ; He Wei ; Zhang Chao ; Ren Lei

  • Author_Institution
    China Res. Inst. for Sci. Popularization, Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    27-31 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    456
  • Lastpage
    464
  • Abstract
    The research mainly uses the case studies method, the qualitative research method and the comparison study method to analyze whether social organizations participate in science communication in China is valid. About the contents of the research, the study firstly introduces the establishment of the Activity Center in the First Senior High School in Hong he county, Yunnan province. Secondly, the study describes the management and operation mode of the center. Next, the main body of the study focuses on whether the Activity Center as a science communication approach is a feasible way, in this part of the paper, it compares the functional properties of the Activity Center in the case and the general science and technology activity centers in China. The conclusion of the study is that the Activity Center in the case can be used as a carrier for science communication, for it disseminate science knowledge, has scientific concept, put emphasis on scientific training methods, and can improve the scientific literacy of students. The research also analyzes the conditions for social organizations involved in science communication. The conditions include establishing interests sharing, investment, motivation and supervision mechanisms to form a multi-win-win situation.
  • Keywords
    organisational aspects; physics education; research and development; societies; teaching; China science communication; case studies method; comparison study method; general science and technology activity centers; interests sharing; investment; management-and-operation mode; motivation; qualitative research method; science knowledge; scientific concept; scientific literacy; scientific training methods; social organizations; supervision mechanisms; Educational institutions; Government; Investment; Libraries; Materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Management of Engineering & Technology (PICMET), 2014 Portland International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kanazawa
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6921200