A Workshop to Focus on Strategies for Improving the Public Understanding of Science

该奖项支持一个研讨会，让广泛的科学和教育界、政府机构、企业和媒体的成员参与讨论，这将更好地为发展一个国家运动或网络的努力提供信息，以提高公众对科学的理解和参与。研讨会的主要目标是：(1)建立广泛的共识，(2)阐明这种网络的特点、战略、组织和活动，(3)制定实施计划。研讨会的产品将包括：(1)本活动和网络发展的程序计划，(2)一套优先活动和服务，(3)商业计划和资金建议，(4)适合传播活动和网络目标的印刷材料，以及(5)为网络出版而设计的研讨会建议报告。科学界、教育界和商界的广泛人士仍然担心，科学和我们在科学领域的领导地位正处于危险之中。在最近的报告中提出的解决这一问题的建议中，有必要重新获得公众对科学事业的认可，以及他们对保持美国科学领导地位的努力的支持。为了考虑这个问题，2006年1月25日至27日在加州伯克利举行了一次研讨会，汇集了一个人数不多但各不相同的群体，开始讨论建立一个全国性的努力，重点是提高公众对科学的理解和参与。与会者一致认为，要让公众重新参与科学，最好的办法是在地方、区域和国家层面开展协调一致的全国性运动或一系列项目。为了阐明这一努力的特点、战略和管理模式，与会者得出结论认为，有必要召开第二次讲习班，包括来自四个关键利益攸关方的专门知识和观点：决策者、非政府组织、科学传播者和工商业。这将通过这次讲习班实现。为了重新获得公众对科学事业的认可和公众对保持美国科学领导地位的努力的支持，对科学的本质和价值有充分的了解是必要的。拟议的研讨会将产生一个程序性计划，用于发展一个国家网络和运动，该网络和运动将侧重于与更广泛的受众分享科学，以改善公众对科学的认识和理解，并使公众重新参与科学。这项工作将汇集所有科学学科的研究人员，并将促进与教育、商业、政府和媒体代表的合作。

This award supports a workshop to engage members of the broad scientific and education communities, government agencies, business, and the media in discussions that will better inform efforts to develop a national campaign or network for improving the public understanding of and engagement in science. The primary goals of the workshop are (1) to build broad consensus, (2) to articulate the characteristics, strategies, organization, and activities of such a network and (3) to develop plans for implementation. The products of the workshop will include: (1) a procedural plan for the development of this campaign and network, (2) a set of prioritized activities and services, (3) a business plan and funding recommendations, (4) print materials appropriate for disseminating the goals of the campaign and network, and (5) a report of the workshops' recommendations designed for web publication. There continues to be concern among a broad spectrum of the scientific, education, and business communities that science and our leadership in science are at risk. Among the suggestions offered in recent reports addressing this concern is the need to regain public endorsement of the scientific enterprise and their support for efforts to preserve America's scientific leadership. To consider this issue, a workshop was held in Berkeley, CA, January 25-27, 2006, that brought together a small, but diverse group of people to initiate discussions on the creation of a national effort that would focus on improving the public understanding of and engagement in science. Participants agreed that to re-engage the public in science could best be achieved through a coordinated national campaign or set of programs that would take place at local, regional, and national levels. In order to articulate the characteristics, strategies, and management models for such an effort, participants concluded that it would be necessary to convene a second workshop to include expertise and perspectives from four key stakeholders: decision and policy makers, non-governmental organizations, science communicators, and business and industry. This will be achieved through this workshop. Informed understanding of the nature and value of science is necessary in order to regain public endorsement of the scientific enterprise and public support for efforts to preserve America's scientific leadership. The proposed workshop will result in a procedural plan for the development of a national network and campaign that will focus on sharing science with a broader audience in order to improve public perception and understanding of science and to re-engage the public with science. This effort will bring together researchers from all science disciplines and will facilitate collaborations with representatives from education, business, government, and the media.