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

该奖项支持一个研讨会，让广大科学和教育界，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。讲习班的主要目标是：（1）建立广泛的共识;（2）阐明这一网络的特点、战略、组织和活动;（3）制定实施计划。 讲习班的成果将包括：（1）发展这一运动和网络的程序计划，（2）一套优先活动和服务，（3）业务计划和筹资建议，（4）适合宣传运动和网络目标的印刷材料，（5）为网络出版物设计的讲习班建议报告。 科学界、教育界和商业界的广泛关注仍然存在，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是，需要重新获得公众对科学事业的认可，并支持维护美国科学领导地位的努力。为了考虑这一问题，2006年1月25日至27日在加利福尼亚州伯克利举行了一次研讨会，召集了一个人数不多但各不相同的小组，开始讨论如何开展一项全国性的工作，重点是提高公众对科学的理解和参与。与会者一致认为，通过在地方、地区和国家各级开展协调一致的国家运动或一系列方案，可以最好地实现公众重新参与科学。 为了阐明这一努力的特征、战略和管理模式，与会者得出的结论是，有必要召开第二次研讨会，纳入四个关键利益相关者的专业知识和观点：决策者和政策制定者、非政府组织、科学传播者以及商业和工业。 这将通过这次研讨会来实现。为了重新获得公众对科学事业的认可和公众对维护美国科学领导地位的努力的支持，有必要对科学的性质和价值有充分的了解。 拟议的讲习班将产生一个程序性计划，以发展一个国家网络和开展一场运动，重点是与更广泛的受众分享科学，以提高公众对科学的认识和理解，并使公众重新参与科学。这项工作将汇集来自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.