著者

川本 思心 中山 実 西條 美紀

出版者

北海道大学科学技術コミュニケーター養成ユニット

雑誌

科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

巻号頁・発行日

no.3, pp.40-60, 2008-03

被引用文献数

3

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The definition of science and technology literacy is constantly changing reflecting the relation between scienceand society. The more recent one is not only for a person to understand science and its methodology, butalso to be able to make a comprehensive judgment on the influences of science and technology on the societyand to reflect the judgment on one's activities. In this paper, the author will first make a general survey ofthe views on science and technology literacy based on earlier domestic as well as foreign studies. Next, theauthor will make a survey of the questionnaires used as means to judge the "literacy," to know how and whatthey measured. The author then describes a new questionnaire developed as a part of this study designed toevaluate the literacy in connection with the social recognition, and the result of the survey conducted usingthe questionnaire, reporting its finding that it is necessary to propose a separate educational program for eachcluster of people with different tendency.