In addition, the draft statement stresses the importance
of public understanding of science, with an emphasis on improved instruction from the primary grades through the undergraduate years.
Independent screening and judging committees evaluate submissions based on scientific accuracy, initiative, originality, clarity of interpretation, and value in fostering a
better public understanding of science and its impact.
The program supports advances in research on STEM learning and education by fostering efforts to explore all aspects of education research from foundational knowledge to improvements in STEM learning and learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood through adulthood, for all groups, and from the earliest developmental stages of life through participation in the workforce, resulting in
increased public understanding of science and engineering.
When you are a world renowned scientist, being emeritus fellow and the University of Oxford's Professor
for Public Understanding of Science, then you can comment on his intelligence.
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public understanding of science by covering research developments and trends in mathematics and the physical and life sciences.
«By recognizing the world's best science news - reporting, AAAS and The Kavli Foundation are working to build a culture of respect for the value of science journalism to society, while
promoting public understanding of science more broadly.»
By improving
public understanding of science through the translation of the journal Scientific American into Arabic since 1986, «we aim at meeting the critical need for non-specialized scientific Arab publications targeted to Arabic - speaking public around the world,» said Shihab - Eldin in his letter.
«By recognizing the world's best science news reporting, AAAS and The Kavli Foundation are working to build a culture of respect for the value of science journalism to society, while promoting
public understanding of science more broadly.»
«The breadth of the winning work and the diversity of outlets in which it appeared demonstrate the vitality of science journalism at a time
when public understanding of science is more important than ever.
We are also active participants of
Public Understanding of Science activities; we developed a Stem Cell Mountain with Winchester Science Park and Dr Nick Evans also hosts a science podcast called TheScienceShed with his friend Steve Lee and committees related to the Regenerative Medicine research (e.g. Tissue and Cell Engineering Society.
A new study published in the
journal Public Understanding of Science (PDF available here) surveyed a nationally representative sample of over 1,000 Americans in 2008 and 2011 about their media consumption and beliefs about climate change.
However, it is almost always the case that a scientist speaking in public is in fact advocating for something —
deeper public understanding of the science, more research funding, a more informed public discourse, awareness, and, yes, sometimes for specific policy action.
«Instead of simply
increasing public understanding of science, scientists need to have a real dialogue with members of the public, listening to their concerns, their priorities, and the questions they would like us to help answer.
Among her other professional services, she served on AAAS's Committee
on Public Understanding of Science and Technology and DOE's Secretary of Energy's Laboratory Operations Advisory Board.
Supported by the Korean Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, KOFAC is active throughout the country in
promoting public understanding of science; advancing science communication and education; and fostering collaboration across the science disciplines, humanities, and the arts.
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enhance public understanding of science by covering research developments and trends in mathematics and the physical and life sciences.
Jane Lubchenco, a marine biologist with a passion for
improving public understanding of science, has been tapped by President - elect Barack Obama to run the government agency responsible for understanding and conserving two vital components of the planet — the oceans and atmosphere (a choice first reported by Juliet Eilperin of the Washington Post).
Her advocacy for youth includes providing an educational alternative in the form of Edge Hill University, where she is a Professor
of Public Understanding of Science, as well as serving as the school's first chancellor.
The topic of child mental health is an important «chapter» in the Core Story of Early Childhood Development, an overarching narrative structure for
building public understanding of the science of early brain and biological development.
Fostering
the public understanding of science: Informing evidence - based practice and evidence - based education through the metaBUS project Principal Investigator: Krista Uggerslev, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Co-Investigator: Piers Steel Collaborators: Jenny Krahn, Stella George $ 239,680
Research curation as a vehicle for scientific insight and
the public understanding of science Principal Investigator: Frank Bosco, Virginia Commonwealth University Co-Investigator: Piers Steel $ 50,000
The Dawkins Delusion Richard Dawkins, Professor of
the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, does not, it has to be said, suffer fools gladly...
What a sad comment regarding the academic biologist whose very professorship is entitled «of
the public understanding of science.»
A couple of weeks ago, I chaired a talk and discussion with Wellcome Trust Fellow in
the public understanding of science, Dr Kevin Fong, an advocate of space exploration, at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival in Gateshead.
Increasing
public understanding of science and technology is a principal goal of AAAS, so it only makes sense that it recognizes the need for scientists who are well versed in communicating complex ideas to a general audience.