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一方井 祐子 中村 史一 麻生 尚文 神谷 隆之 近藤 菜穂 久保田 好美 徳田 周子 豊田 丈典 古川 遼 宮田 舞 渡邉 俊一 横山 広美

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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vol.11, pp.83-93, 2012-06

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This study focuses on the difference of public interest and expectation for eight scientific fields. The investigated fields included astronomy, planetary science, particle physics, mathematics, solid state physics, paleontology, seismology, and molecular biology. For analyzing the interest and expectation for the eight science fields, a survey was administered to 780 people over 20 years old. Expectation was rated high in the fields in which research contents are easy to understand and the research findings are believed to be linked to daily life. On the other hand, fields considered to be abstract and not related with daily life were rated lower in public interest and expectation. On the basis of these findings, we will discuss the future of science communication in these fields.

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蔦谷 匠 安藤 康伸 飯田 有希 井上 志保里 貴舩 永津子 小寺 千絵 近藤 菜穂 猿谷 友孝 豊田 丈典 中村 史一 宮武 広直 渡邉 俊一 横山 広美

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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vol.9, pp.23-34, 2011-06

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Studies for iPS (induced Pluripotent Stem) cells are so important field for both basic science and regenerative medicine that they have attracted a great deal of attention and expectation from scientists, media and public. We revealed that unlike scientists, media and public had not paid attention to mouse iPS cell, the first achievement of the research, however, they were enthusiastic about human iPS cell. Our results suggest that the area of interest about iPS cells differed among scientists, media and public.

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加納 圭 水町 衣里 岩崎 琢哉 磯部 洋明 川人 よし恵 前波 晴彦

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.13, pp.3-16, 2013-06

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Science cafés have become popular as casual public dialogue format since 2005, when is considered the first year of science communication in Japan. We conducted a research focused on the participants in science cafés, using a method of marketing research,“ segmentation.” We used the third generation of segmentation method, which was originally from Victorian Government in Australia and was considered as useful to access target audiences and segmented the participants in science cafes and other science and technology (S&T) events such as public lectures, science festivals as “the high engagement in S&T” and “the low engagement in S&T” segments. As a result, we found that major participants in science cafés belonged to “the high engagement in S&T” segment and this tendency was true of public lectures and science festivals. However, we also found that the following three formats had a potential to attract “the lowly engagement in S&T” segment. 1) The theme is relevant to their lives. 2) The events are held in a place where can serve alcohols such as a bar. 3) The theme looks collaborative with non-science area such as art or Japanese culture. We need more samples and further analysis to better understand the participants in S&T events.

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石田 尚 善甫 啓一 上道 茜 松原 悠 埴生 孝慈 尾澤 岬 天野 千恵 榎田 翼 佐藤 翔 西浦 ミナ子 赤瀬 直子 三波 千穂美 逸村 裕 山田 信博

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.11, pp.63-73, 2012-06

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In the last decade, scientists are expected to present their researches. It is symbolized as the term: "science communications" and "inter-discipline communications." We suggest and explain "Presentation Competition of Graduate Students" (PCGS). In October 2011, we, Tsukuba Graduate students' Network, conducted PCGS during a university festival and proved its effects. As results, various multi-discipline communications have been promoted among University of Tsukuba. In our university, there are few cases of the collaborated researches which leverage the opportunities that the university has almost every discipline. In this paper, we suggest PCGS as a solution of the problems and demonstrate the details about the implementation plans, strategies and results. We also inspect the impacts as evaluations with the interviews of each concerned, e.g. speaker, judge and visitor. We expect that the PCGS will be held at other universities.

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齋藤 芳子 戸田山 和久

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.10, pp.3-15, 2011-12

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Questions raised by lay persons in relation with the Universe were investigated to clarify what they want to know and which aspects of the questions tend to embarrass experts trying to answer them. The seventy percent of questions are about the whole Universe or celestial bodies. In terms of the whole Universe, the beginning, the end, the edge, and the difference from everyday space are the frequently asked. Throughout the raised questions, the mechanisms, origins, and futures are featured rather than definitions or status. Experts are confused when they find questions unexpected or hard to answer. The unexpected questions are based on everyday experiences or misunderstandings, and the questioners point out contradictions among the information through logical extrapolation. The hard questions are with less considerations on whether they are answerable by science. Some of them are neglecting how science is done or what does science target for, while the others are scientific but difficult to answer with the current status of science. The results imply that embarrassing questions from lay persons are the important opportunities to deepen the two-way science communication.

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岡本 真

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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no.9, pp.7-10, 2011-06

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石村 源生

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.10, pp.33-49, 2011-12

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Definition and systematization of the concept of evaluation were tried from the viewpoint of targets of evaluation, timings of 'snapshot', evaluators, decision makers, purposes, ways of intervention, and evaluation indexes. Some practices of science communication were introduced, which evaluations were analyzed along the systematization method above. A plan to generate plural evaluation for various practices of science communication by using collective intelligence was proposed.

著者

秋谷 直矩 水町 衣里 高梨 克也 加納 圭

出版者

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.13, pp.17-30, 2013-06

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This article study how interviewees accomplish “showing their state of knowledge” and “participating” in group interview settings. Group interview’s topic was“ science and technology”, especially “regenerative medicine”. Interviewees were non-expert person of regenerative medicine, and were not acquainted with each other. In this situation, interviewee’s interactional problem is how describe own state of knowledge. Interviewee’s descriptions are conducted by co-participants to see what he/she is doing by talking in that way. In this article, we describe interviewee’s action over their state of knowledge of regenerative medicine, and based on the results of the description, elucidate their “method” of participation in interaction. In light of the above, we discuss the contribution of this article’s description for science communication colleagues.

著者

杉山 滋郎

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.12, pp.44-60, 2012-12

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In this paper, we analyze the participants' process of understanding and discussion in a deliberative poll that requires them to acquire a certain amount of scientific knowledge. Changes in the understanding and opinions of individuals are traced through transcripts of actual discussions and responses to questionnaires. This reveals, on the one hand, that people gain information not only through written documents, movies, and professional comments that answer their questions, but also through small-group discussions. It also shows that a small-group discussion helps participants, even those who do not talk much, to form their own opinions. On the other hand, our analysis shows that some parts of the small-group discussion proceeded with the participants having an improper or insufficient understanding of scientific contents involved in the discussion topics. This led us to believe that deliberation is not possible based on a single deliberative poll but rather on a series of deliberative polls, or other events that aim to induce deliberation.

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児玉 耕太 竹本 寛秋

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.10, pp.16-32, 2011-12

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This article shows that communication in the free zone of the Science Cafe is improved if visitors are able to experience the actual research object, an abstract entity referred to as knowledge. This Science Cafe was designed to promote the use of "slime mold" in a petri dish as a communication tool. By using a survey analysis, we showed that there was a correlation between the visitors' behavior toward the petri dish and satisfaction from the cafe. Further, by using statistical methods including text mining, we analyzed the correlation among visitors' prior knowledge, the changes they experienced, and so on. Through their steps, we could demonstrate the novel method to minutely design and evaluate Science Cafe. Accordingly, it was clear that real experience is very effective in scientific communication, and we suggest an original methodology covering scientific communication.

著者

南 貴久 小幡 哲士 吉田 貴寿 加古 貴大 石川 奈津美

出版者

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.12, pp.108-121, 2012-12

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秋谷 直矩 水町 衣里 高梨 克也 加納 圭

出版者

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

雑誌

科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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no.13, pp.17-30, 2013-06

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This article study how interviewees accomplish "showing their state of knowledge" and "participating" in group interview settings. Group interview's topic was" science and technology", especially "regenerative medicine". Interviewees were non-expert person of regenerative medicine, and were not acquainted with each other. In this situation, interviewee's interactional problem is how describe own state of knowledge. Interviewee's descriptions are conducted by co-participants to see what he/she is doing by talking in that way. In this article, we describe interviewee's action over their state of knowledge of regenerative medicine, and based on the results of the description, elucidate their "method" of participation in interaction. In light of the above, we discuss the contribution of this article's description for science communication colleagues.

著者

高梨 克也 加納 圭 水町 衣里 元木 環

出版者

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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no.11, pp.3-17, 2012-06

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Though the importance of bidirectionality in science communication becomes recognized gradually, it is still difficult to understand what the "bidirectionality" means accurately. This article conducts a micro-analysis of scientists' behaviors using video data recorded in a science café with reference to a concept of "participation status," which is one of the most important analytic tools for multiparty interaction, and consider a nature of "bidirectional" communication in the situation of science communication.

著者

高梨 克也 加納 圭 水町 衣里 元木 環

出版者

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

雑誌

科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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no.11, pp.3-17, 2012-06

著者

杉山 滋郎

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.9, pp.131-138, 2011-06

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白井 哲哉 加藤 和人

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.10, pp.53-64, 2011-12

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内田 麻理香 長神 風二 佐倉 統

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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no.9, pp.82-92, 2011-06

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佐藤 亮子 標葉 隆馬

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北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

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科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.12, pp.31-43, 2012-12

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Currently, various challenges fusing science and art (known as "science art") have been encountered. In this paper, we investigate how mass media deal with science art through a text analysis of the articles about the transgenic art of Eduardo Kac. Kac's works were presented when the debates concerning genetically modified organisms (GMOs) got complicated. Particularly, GFP Bunny Alba, one of his works, came to be described as a symbol of transgenic technologies and genetically modified organisms in those news articles. It was found that there are several frames of reference in articles about Kac's works: discussions on GMOs, perspectives on religions and ethics, and the possibilities or wonderment derived from the fusion of different genres. Considering text analysis, we discuss the role of science arts (1) to give scientific knowledge to people, (2) to give speculative images of the future world or alarming derived from new scientific technologies, and (3) to call attention to advances in scientific knowledge.

著者

鈴木 努 川本 思心 西條 美紀

出版者

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

雑誌

科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.12, pp.3-18, 2012-12

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Most universities in Japan conduct course evaluation as part of the faculty development program, and many methods to improve course content have been proposed. However, few studies discuss the improvement of omnibus courses. In this paper, we suggest a new method to improve omnibus courses, especially their consistency and relevance. We designed an omnibus course named "Clean Energy Business and Social Acceptance," which consisted of six serial lectures, each conducted by a different lecturer. Prior to the running of the course, we interviewed the lecturers and formulated a conceptual network with regard to the course content. The conceptual network helped lecturers grasp the course content and facilitated the improvement in relations among lectures. At the end of each lecture, we collected students' responses including some keywords pertaining to topics they were interested in. We integrated these keywords into another conceptual network and then examined the consistency and relevance of the lectures. The measures of network analysis were used to compare the keyword network with that of the previous year's course, with regard to which no conceptual network was formulated before the course and no interviews were conducted. The comparison revealed the effectiveness of our method.

著者

坂野上 淳

出版者

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 高等教育研究部 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門(CoSTEP)

雑誌

科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

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vol.9, pp.65-72, 2011-06