Overview
- Explores the multi-faceted platforms for communicating science to the public
- Highlights the potential of science communication initiatives in developing countries
- Shares best practices in science communication from the developed world
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Schools
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Universities
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General Communication Initiatives
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About this book
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, USA, Singapore and South Africa.
Inside, readers will find a diversity of approaches to communicate science to the public. The book also highlights some of the challenges that science communicators, science policy makers, science teachers, university academics in the sciences and even entrepreneurs may face in their attempts to boost science literacy levels in their countries. In addition, it shares several best practices from the developed world that may help readers create communication initiatives that can lead to increased engagement with science in communities in the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
Given the pervasive influence of science and technology in today’s society, their impact will only increase in the years to come as the world becomes more globalized and the economies of countries become more inter-linked. This book will be a useful source of reference for developing countries looking to tap into the potential of science for nation building and effectively engage their communities to better understand science and technology. Supported by the Pacific Science Association, Hawaii.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Communicating Science to the Public
Book Subtitle: Opportunities and Challenges for the Asia-Pacific Region
Editors: Leo Tan Wee Hin, R. Subramaniam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9097-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Netherlands 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9096-3Published: 05 August 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0567-5Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9097-0Published: 24 July 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 298
Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations
Topics: Science Education