Communicating About Science: A Project to Improve Scientists' and Engineers' Communication Abilities

该项目旨在培养科学家和工程师所需的专业和个人沟通技能，以满足21世纪的职业需求。该项目的目的是解决美国关注的核心问题之一；科学家就其工作进行政策关键沟通的能力；对美国社会的健康和福祉至关重要的工作。通信、科学修辞、教学发展和培训方面的专家将在科学、工程和公共政策委员会以前确定的两个关注领域与科学家和工程师以及科学界的其他人合作(1995年)；1.科学家和工程师；相互之间和团队交流的能力，以及他们解决问题和跨科学和其他学科工作的能力。科学家和工程师；向更多的受众交流科学的能力，重点是外行和公众以及非科学家。这两个挑战将通过实现两个短期目标和一个长期目标来解决：第一个短期目标是为科学家和工程师的交流培训制定课程建议；第二个短期目标是为国家科学基金会(NSF)研究生教育部门制定一项建议：1.阐明一套新的优先事项和方法，以解决关于科学的最有效和最适当的交流方式；2.为有抱负的(研究生和博士后)科学家和工程师制作和传播传播培训资源。一个长期的、也许是一些内在的目标是形成关键的伙伴关系，并为传播学与科学家和工程师之间未来的关系奠定基础，以共同应对关于科学的传播方面的挑战。这些活动将从2001年11月在NCA全国大会上举行的简报会开始。随后将在2002年冬/春举办一次协助举办的讲习班，该讲习班将提出课程建议和一项全额赠款提案计划，以探讨建立新的通讯同事和科学家社区的可能性。在春季研讨会之后和2002历年内，将向国家科学基金会提交全部赠款提案。该提案将侧重于进一步发展传播与科学之间的合作关系，并开发各种培训资源，以落实课程建议。该提案还将涉及课程建议和培训资源的传播问题。

This project addresses the challenge of educating scientists and engineers in the professional and personal communication skills they need to meet career demands of the 21st century. The intention of the project is to address one of the nation's central concerns; the ability of scientists to engage in policy-critical communication about their work; work that is critical to the health and well being of U.S. society. Experts in communication, the rhetoric of science, instructional development, and training will work collaboratively with scientists and engineers in two areas of concern previously identified by the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy as well as others in the science community (1995);1. Scientists and engineers; ability to communicate among themselves interpersonally and in teams, and their ability to solve problems and work across scientific and other disciplines.2. Scientists and engineers; ability to communicate about science to larger audiences with an emphasis on lay and public constituencies and non-scientists.The two challenges will be addressed by the accomplishment of two short term objectives and one long term goal: A first short term objective is producing curriculum recommendations for the communication training of scientists and engineers; A second short term objective is developing a proposal for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Graduate Education to:1. articulate a new set of priorities and approaches to address the most effective and appropriate ways of communicating about science; and,2. produce and disseminate communication training resources for aspiring (graduate and post-doctoral) scientists and engineers.A long term and perhaps some intrinsic goal is forming critical partnerships and building a foundation for future relationships between the communication discipline and scientists and engineers to work collaboratively on challenges in communicating about scienceThese activities will begin with a briefing meeting to be held in November 2001 at the NCA national convention. A facilitated workshop will follow in Winter/Spring 2002 that will produce curriculum recommendations and a plan for a full grant proposal to explore possibilities for creating new communities of communication colleagues and scientists. Following the spring workshop and within the 2002 calendar year, the full grant proposal will be submitted to NSF. The proposal will focus on furthering the development of collaborative relationships between communication and science and developing training resources of various sorts to implement the curriculum recommendations. The proposal will also address the dissemination of the curriculum recommendations and training resources.