Science Communication in Theory and Practice
Hereafter you will find a first: a comprehensive textbook on the communication of sciencein theory and practice! Is there a need for such a textbook? Obviously, yes! Whether you are a scientist, a science journalist, a science teacher, a science museum sp
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Science & Technology Education Library VOLUME 14 SERIES EDITOR Ken Tobin, University
0/ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD Dale Baker, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA Beverley Bell, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Reinders Duit , University of Kiel, Germany Mariona Espinet, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Barry Fraser, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Olugbemiro Jegede, The Open University, Hong Kong Reuven Lazarowitz, Technion , Haifa , Israel Wolff-Michael Roth, University of Yictoria, Canada Tuan Hsiao-lin, National Changhua University 0/ Education, Taiwan Lilia Reyes Herrera, Universidad Aut6noma de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia SCOPE The book series Science & Technology Education Library provides a publication forum for scholarship in science and technology education. It aims to publish innovative books which are at the forefront of the field. Monographs as well as collections of papers will be published.
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Science Communication in Theory and Practice
Edited by
SUSAN M. STOCKLMA YER MICHAEL M. OORE and
CHRIS BRYANT Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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ISBN 978-1-4020-0131-4 ISBN 978-94-010-0620-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-010-0620-0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Acknowledgement
Introduction and Overview Susan M. Stocklmayer, Michael M. Gore & Chris Bryant
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SECTION 1: TOWARDS A THEORETICAL BASIS FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION 1.
The Background to Effective Science Communication by the Public Susan M. Stocklmayer
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Science Communication with the Public : A Cross Cultural Event Glenn Aikenhead
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More than Story Telling-Reflecting on Popular Science Jon Turney
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Topical Perspective and the Rhetorical Grounds of Practical Reason in Arguments About Science Lawrence J Prelli
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Postmodern Science : The Decline or Liberation of Science Richard Eckersley
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SECTION 2: THE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO SCIENCE COMMUNICATION 6.
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Conversations in a Landscape of Science and Magic : Thinking about Science Communication David Siess & Ruth Shrensky
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Communicating Science Through Interactive Science Research Centres: A Research Perspective Leonie J. Rennie
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Towards a Unified Model of Education and Entertainment in Technology Centres 123 John K. Gilbert
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Reaching the Public - Communicating the Vision Susan M.
