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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Public Understanding of Science"”.
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Scientific literacy: a multi-disciplinary explication and empirical study of the conceptions of science graduate students
… there are myriad definitions and conceptions of what it means to be scientifically literate (SL), resulting in an amalgam of prescriptions, aims, objectives, and learning goals all falling under the same umbrella term. What is missing is a systematic explication of this complex concept, …
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The Social Role of Popularized Science
In this thesis I will argue that popularized science books should adhere to normative criteria regarding the presentation, interpretation, and understanding of the natural sciences. The increasing popularity of popular science texts (PSTs) - based on sales, critical notice, and scholarly attention …
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Trainee teachers and ionising radiation: understandings, attitudes and risk assessments. A descriptive study in one institution
This study described UK trainee teachers’ understandings of and attitudes to radioactivity and ionising radiation, in one School of Education. The investigation addressed three research questions. The first focussed on the understanding of alpha, beta and gamma radiations. The second looked at risk …
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"Doing" Theory and Practice: Steps Toward a More Productive Relationship Between Science and Technology Studies and Nontraditional Science Education Practices
Explores the relationship between nontraditional science education practices, structured by campaigns such as Public Understanding of Science (PUS) and Scientific Literacy (SL), and the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), using ethnographic work with the Choices and Challenges Project at …
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Public environmental information systems: challenges and perspectives
This thesis investigates public access to environmental information, starting with the examination of environmental information and environmental information systems (EIS). This examination demonstrates that term “environmental information” holds a wide range of meaning, and while it is possible to …
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A Discourse Analysis of Stakeholders? Understandings of Science in Salmon Recovery Policy
The purposes of this study were to examine 1) understandings of science expressed in formal salmon recovery policy discourse; 2) rhetorical practices employed to justify or undermine claims about salmon policy 3); and patterns of understandings of science and associated rhetorical practices between …
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Representing science in the UK news media: ‘Life on Mars?’, cell nucleus replacement and Gulf War syndrome
… addresses contemporary debates in the sociology of science, the sociology of media and the public understanding of science by examining the UK television and print media coverage of three substantive scientific issues. The first case study follows the debate as to whether a Martian meteorite (ALH …
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The public understanding of climate change : A case study of Taiwanese youth
… to be the most challenging environmental dilemma of the 21st century because its impacts on ecosystems and human society are transnational in scale and long term in scope. Due to its high scientific complexity and uncertainty and high political and economic sensitivity, mitigating the problem will …
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THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PRESERVING AND RESTORING MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT TO RESIDENTS OF THE PACIFIC FLYWAY: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
… investigates the economic value residents of the Pacific Flyway place on preserving and restoring migratory bird habitat and is comprised of three chapters: Chapter 1: The Economic Value of Preserving and Restoring Migratory Bird Habitat to Residents of the Pacific Flyway: A Stated …
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KNOWING THE NATURAL WORLD: THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EVOLUTION IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM
… underlying concept to a significant number of discourses in civilized society, but the complexity of understanding basic tenets of this important theory is just now coming to light. Knowledge about evolution is constructed from both formal and "free-choice" opportunities, like television. …
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KNOWING THE NATURAL WORLD: THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EVOLUTION IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM
… underlying concept to a significant number of discourses in civilized society, but the complexity of understanding basic tenets of this important theory is just now coming to light. Knowledge about evolution is constructed from both formal and "free-choice" opportunities, like television. …
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The Impacts Of Lead Contamination On The Community Of Herculaneum, Missouri
… a complex context where the long history of a large lead processing plant has created an environmental health hazard. Local residents have been forced to balance their interest in promoting a clean and healthy local environment against their desire to preserve community identity and honor …
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The use of animals for medical experimentation: an analysis of young people's perceptions in Britain
Understanding public attitudes towards using animals for medical experimentation and the issues that cause public concern is of importance scientifically, economically and ethically. Although national opinion poll data appear to provide enough evidence to propose the hypothesis that 'the majority …
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Concepto y dimensiones de la cultura científica. Una revisión crítica de los paradigmas en comprensión pública de la ciencia
… hasta la institucionalización del campo “Public Understanding of Science”. Así, en el tercer capítulo se avanza de la “alfabetización científica” hacia la “comprensión pública” y se llega al paradigma “ciencia en sociedad” a través de la revisión del modelo de déficit y su influencia en la …
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Underground Britain: public perceptions of the geological subsurface
Geoscience operates at the boundary between two worlds; the visible and the invisible. Increasingly, new geological technologies such as hydraulic fracturing, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and radioactive waste disposal are drawing the public’s attention to the ‘invisible’ world of the …
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Examining the social amplification of risk in Great Lakes areas of concern
… International Joint Commission-designated Areas of Concern. While pollution remediation provides clear benefits to human and environmental health, the social impacts of the cleanup process in AOC communities is less clearly understood. This project examines how and to what degree the social …
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Science journalism for development in Vietnam: a multi-facet investigation of issues and challenges and its implications for the Global South.
Context: Although science journalism plays a central role for development in the Global South, it has not reached a high level of professionalism. However, the literature on science journalism in developing countries is still thin. The majority of existing studies have used science journalism in …