Prof. Dr. Edward A, Jones, invited program cordinator of Fulbright Memorial Foundation in Japan, is working actually for the program cordination for the exchange of Science Communication between Japan and United States. He has installed his office
at Information Society Research Instutite at Tama University and his office is entitled Research Development Organization MTP (Master Teacher Program). http://www.fulbrightmemorialfund.jp/mtpmain/index.htm
He demonstrates his program of Science Communication already launched in US and in Japan, which is to link the platform of Museum - School (University also) cascade network. In japanese side, this network consists of Sendai, Nara and Hiroshima area’s sub-structure, the hichshcool teachers and many students, kids have joined there.
This trial has already gotten a reputated recognition to the people of professional activity of Science Communication, namely, the manager class of National Science Musium of Ueno (Kahaku), National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Nihon Kagaku Mirai-kan).
This time, he has exposed his colloque of this trail project at GLOCOM Conference, “Public Communication to Create Social Knowlege on Science and Sustainablity (*)”. He has succeedingly gave me a contact message concerning my expose at GLOCOM “The Science Communication Project in Japan - Scienc and Society, an approach of Interdisciplinary Research “ http://www.glocom.org/special_topics/activity_rep/20060616_miyao_platform/index.html
We have discussed on these projects, which apparrently exhibite a mutual complementary aspect of the approach to the social knowledge of science and it’s sustainablity and creativity. One way to construct the exchange scheme of science communication of Museu-Educaiton between US-Japan, and another way to reconstruct the social debate by connecting the steakholder of science communication and interdisciplinary research. We are very much satified to find ourselves capable to help each other.
Prof. Dr. Jones is expressing now his interest to enlarge this circle of communication with the help of NPO Science Communication Japan (**), partly to promote his project in next steps, and partly to have a chance to access to the Japanese national program of Science Communication with the budget aid.
Int’l Univ. of Japan-GLOCOM Seminar on February 22
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“Public Communication to Create Social Knowlege on Science and Sustainablity”
Overview
Increasing global environmental concerns are creating a demand for global responses through treaty regimes and other accommodations. Highly publicized issues, such as global warming, fisheries depletion, whaling, nuclear energy, air and water quality are all being pushed to the fore as problems requiring immediate attention. Japan has been the subject of high levels of criticism in this regard and often has been ineffective in responding to it.
Part of the reason for this lies in the lack of public understanding of the scientific issues involved both in Japan and in other countries. A greater public understanding of both science and the ways in which research results are interpreted is essential for effective policy making and effective international relations. This can be hard to come by given that the publics in developed countries often feel overwhelmed by a deluge of competing claims and counter-claims.
The National Science Foundation in the United States has proposed that museums and other informal science centers can help to remedy this situation by devoting more resources to increasing public understanding of science. The Japan Society for Organizational Learning and the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Master Teacher Program have adopted this concept in creating communities of practice that will develop “social knowledge cascades.”
These activities bring together museums, universities, schools, government agencies, NPOs and others in a process of communication and community building organized around specific thematic events. These events or “cascades” involve a combination of online and offline activities designed to draw attention to, stimulate discussions about and provide learning opportunities regarding a specific topic area.
To date, 185 pairs of schools and affiliated institutions in the United States and Japan have participated in developing this process on a binational basis. It has also provided a basic model for the implementation of UNESCO’s Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. The ultimate result should be a “network of practice” linking communities of practice in a process of global creation.
I wish I could understand what this posting is about! From the title, it sounded interesting and possibly useful, but I couldn’t understand the point. If it is about science education, then I’m all for it.
I wonder if the writer could explain the thing in one or two short sentences?
I am the writer of the article, I posted this article to propagate the activity of Science Communication.
This report has been done partly in the frame of Interdisciplinary Research Coordination, on which I refered my personal blog site, http://trans-research.blogspot.com/ and partly from the interest of Science Communication, of which I made it appear of the official site of NPO Science Communication Japan. http://www.scicom.jp
The article is reporting the activity of Dr. Edward Jones, who is trying to connect his Science Communication approach to the Japanese Museum - School institutions.
We are looking for volontary participants to our activities, which has even a little bit broader spectrum based on Science Communcation.
The activities are listed on our site, and ou can join us via the site http://www.scicom.jp or you can join Dr. Edward Jones. If you send me your points of interest, I can transmit it to both or either of them.
Especially from my personal view, I would like to enlarge the Science Communication Circle based on English speaking people living in Japan.
Cheers, Shingo
Jon Nelson - 24 April 2007 12:52 PM
I wish I could understand what this posting is about! From the title, it sounded interesting and possibly useful, but I couldn’t understand the point. If it is about science education, then I’m all for it.
I wonder if the writer could explain the thing in one or two short sentences?
Thanks Shingo. I’ll look at the letter in Nature by I. Dan. Maybe the SciCom webmaster can post a summary of that letter and related articles on the English website—it would help us readers to get a clearer understanding of the purpose of the organization.
Hi, Jon.
I told your message to the person of Scicom who can reply to your demand.
Now, I can comment only that the English pages of Scicom are not well developped compared to our Japanese pages and activities based on Japanese language. This is partly because I posted the article here for the announce of Scicom, and we hope the English speaking people as well as non-English speaking people in scientific activity can join us. Hopefully, you can help us to build up our English presentation.
Cheers, Shingo.
Jon Nelson - 27 April 2007 11:06 AM
Thanks Shingo. I’ll look at the letter in Nature by I. Dan. Maybe the SciCom webmaster can post a summary of that letter and related articles on the English website—it would help us readers to get a clearer understanding of the purpose of the organization.
Well, I hope one day, this sammary will appear in english, but in order to do so, we need english speaking collaborator.
Jon Nelson - 27 April 2007 11:06 AM
Thanks Shingo. I’ll look at the letter in Nature by I. Dan. Maybe the SciCom webmaster can post a summary of that letter and related articles on the English website—it would help us readers to get a clearer understanding of the purpose of the organization.
Here is an exemple of our activities, one of the Email Magazine “SciCom News” issue No. 186.
I hope you can figure out our news activitiy is sacred for news watching and it’s anlysis.
Cheers,
Shingo Hamada
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?Research News
- MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technologyistry)
Policy for worldclass COE, Reseach budget 2,18 billion yen, from MEXT to Universities. http://www.mext.go.jp/english/index.htm
- JST (Japanese Science and Technology Agency)
... http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/index.html
- CSTP (Council of Science Technology Policy)
Empowerment of diplomatic presence of Japanese Sceince and Technology http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/index.html
- METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
Demonstration of 7 keys and 100 know-how for innovation and creativeness. http://www.meti.go.jp/english/index.html
- MHLW(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Public dialog 26. Apr. 2007, on innovative generic pharmacy http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/index.html
- Environment
IPCC sumit : Initiative of Ban Shin at UN for Green House Effect.
- Trends of Cabinet Policy and Research
5 year’s strategic planningn for the world best pharmacy to Japanese nation
Dr. Noyori pricipal accompany person to the Imperial visit to Europe
- University
the budge allocation for unversity management decrease, can be the crisis
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- Relay of Accademy - Industry - Administration in public policy
Prefecture Okinawa and Ryukyu Univeristy find the way to proliferate the high value added porc “Ague”
by using the freeze sperma technology
- Research Community
Face change of the english Jounal of Japan Academy, open the public submission. http://www.japan-acad.go.jp/e_index.htm
- Education, Science Communication
What’s on visiting report of Interpreter UK
- Detective in Research Affaires
Professor of Hokkaido University layed off caused by fraud budge use of 3,05 million yen
Ex Professor of Hosei University, fraud budget management of 1 million yen
- Virginia Tech Univeristy (Special Edition)
How would we react, when the Chon Sunhi occured here in Japan ?
- Security and Safty of Foods, Policy of Agro-alimentation.
How to master the risk-communication, the case of Fujiya problem
- GMO (Special Edition)
A perfect german GMO world map for the consumer portal site
- BSE(Special Edition)
Re-open the Japanese market for US beef - Push by sumit meeting
US deputee 24 has submitted the recommendation letter to the President G. Bush
- Bird Influenza (Special Edition)
Bird Influenze : Yamagata prefecture sets the security manuals
- Material resourcerization of human body, life.
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?Worldwide Research News
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How to Hone U.S. Grad Schools etc
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Dr. Hawking with handicap vehicule in the gravitation free experiments etc
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Governmental budget 49,2 billion won for brain science etc
- China
China sets the five strategy for S&T development
China sets the Human resource policy in special foour types etc
- Australia
Government ‘protecting energy exports’ etc
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Lift-off for Indian commercial rocket etc
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Singapole, A*Star incubate the young talent etc
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EU policy inside out etc
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UNESCO ‘must rethink science strategies’ etc
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Japanese company competition for HR
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Media litteracy for understanding the information, frame up, it’s boundary
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Fragmented opinions on Bio-gasoline by News Papers
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- Japanese Society of Immunology
“Mystery and future of Immunology - Frontier Talk in with the researcher”
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- Public Open Sminar of Funghi Medical Research Centre of Chiba University
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- No. 15th Laureate Lecture of Kihara Memorial Fundation
Photo response mechanism of plants - Encounter of Physiology and Genetics
15:00?16:00 18.05.2007
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- No. 28th Math-Science Tsubasa Summer Seminar
07-11.08.2007, The suburbe of Hakodate City
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International Public Panel Discussion / Workshop
This public discussion and workshop address the general theme of education and the science of sustainability. Its title encompasses ecological footprints and the footprints of social progress/development. In linking these concepts we are asking: can we continue to improve the quality of life and provide a better standard of living for people while preserving the health of the environment? This is the challenge of sustainable development. In order to meet it, we must learn new and better ways of balancing human needs with environmental ones. This is the goal of education for sustainable development.
Principal Organizer: Tama University Research Development Organization
Co-Organizer: United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies
Date: July 25, 2007
Panel Discussion: 9:30 to 11:30 (admissions 9:00 to 9:45)
Workshop: 13:30 to 16:30 (admissions 13:00 to 13:30)
Location: UN House
53-70, Jingumae 5-chome,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150-8925, Japan
Morning Session
Panel Discussion (Open to the General Public)
Advanced Registration Required for Admissions
Venue: U Thant Hall, 3rd Floor, UN House
Contents: Special Video Message
Dr. Mamoru Mohri, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Panel Discussion with:
Tsutomu Kimura, National Institution for Academic Degrees
Ken’ichi Shinoda, National Museum of Nature and Science
Jun’ichiro Mizuki, JAEA Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
Robert Semper, The Exploratorium San Francisco (online)
David Chittenden, Minnesota Science Museum (online)
Junko Miura, Hiroshima Kokutaiji High School
Mark Tronicke, Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology
Afternoon Session
Workshop for Specialists [Educators and Museum Personnel]
Advance registration required for admissions; places are limited.
Venue: Elizabeth Rose Hall, 5th Floor, UN House
Contents: Training and discussion sessions on collaboration and community building in education for sustainable development.
Hamada Shingo - 16 April 2007 05:03 PM
Prof. Dr. Edward A, Jones, invited program cordinator of Fulbright Memorial Foundation in Japan, ...
