科学传播培训 赋予信心和影响 公众参与 活动
Christina M Swords1, Jerlym S Porter2, Amy J Hawkins3
1Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Journal of microbiology & biology education
|August 24, 2023
概括
在科学传播方面受过培训的科学家更有可能与公众接触. 科学传播艺术课程显著提高了科学家的信心和公众互动技能.
科学领域:
- 生物医学科学 生物医学科学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 科学对社会的影响 科学对社会的影响
背景情况:
- 科学理解对于社会适应新挑战至关重要.
- 反科学言论和错误信息阻碍了公众对科学的参与.
- 科学家往往缺乏科学传播方面的正式培训,这阻碍了公众对话.
研究的目的:
- 评估美国生物化学和分子生物学学会 (ASBMB) 艺术科学传播课程的影响.
- 评估参与者的科学沟通行为和信心水平的变化.
- 确定课程在促进公众参与科学方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 2020年对科学传播艺术课程的前参与者进行了一项回顾性调查.
- 对通信频率和信任度的定量数据的分析.
- 分析参与者关于他们的经验的定性反.
主要成果:
- 与课程前 (51%) 相比,参与者在课程后 (77%) 与非专家受众沟通的可能性要大得多.
- 课程结束后,对科学传播的信心显著增加 (中位数为8比5).
- 定性数据证实了定量发现,突出了增加的信心和参与度.
结论:
- 科学传播艺术课程有效地提高了科学家的信心和愿意与公众接触的意愿.
- 培训计划显示了更广泛实施的强有力的理由,以改善公众对科学的参与.
- 可访问的科学传播培训对于促进科学素养和打击错误信息至关重要.
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