Tuesday, August 22, 2006
3.Science Communication(3)
Objectives: This paper aims to introduce the principles of science communication to the students. The paper will also impart the nuances of science writing. Significant science movements of the country will be introduced. The attempts of various agencies in popularising science will also be highlighted in this course.
UNIT1:History of science - from newtonian era to modern times, the method of science and the concept of falsification of Karl Popper.
UNIT2:Science movements in India - KSSP of Kerala, Tamilnadu science forum, Karnataka rajaya vigyan parishad, Delhi science forum, Pondicherry science forum, Eklavya movement in Madyapradesh, Kala jathas and science for people.
UNIT3:Nuances of science writing and problems faced by science writers in regional languages.
UNIT4:Science as content in mass media:problems/prospects and trends in popular science journals (New Scientist, Scientific American, Current Science,Resonance, Science Reporter, Thulir,Kalaikathir, Ariga Ariviyal and Puthiya Kalvi).
UNIT5:Workshop:The workshop module would provide scope for interactions with members of science movements. Students must submit a record based on a critical commentary of the content in popular science journals for internal valuation..
Recommended books (available at the Dept.of Communication Library, MSU)
1.James H.Collier and David M Toomey, Scientific and Technical Communication:Theory, Practice and Policy, Sage,1997.2.Ralph Levinson and Jeff Thomas, Science Today:Problem or Crisis ? Routledge, 1997.3.Karl R Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Routledge, 1980.4.Gnani,Science,Power and Spirituality,(Ariviyal, Athigaram, Aanmigam) Kavya, 1999.5.Robert Barrass, Scientists Must Write, Chapman and Hall, 1978.
[Prepared by Senthivel Arulselvan]
Objectives: This paper aims to introduce the principles of science communication to the students. The paper will also impart the nuances of science writing. Significant science movements of the country will be introduced. The attempts of various agencies in popularising science will also be highlighted in this course.
UNIT1:History of science - from newtonian era to modern times, the method of science and the concept of falsification of Karl Popper.
UNIT2:Science movements in India - KSSP of Kerala, Tamilnadu science forum, Karnataka rajaya vigyan parishad, Delhi science forum, Pondicherry science forum, Eklavya movement in Madyapradesh, Kala jathas and science for people.
UNIT3:Nuances of science writing and problems faced by science writers in regional languages.
UNIT4:Science as content in mass media:problems/prospects and trends in popular science journals (New Scientist, Scientific American, Current Science,Resonance, Science Reporter, Thulir,Kalaikathir, Ariga Ariviyal and Puthiya Kalvi).
UNIT5:Workshop:The workshop module would provide scope for interactions with members of science movements. Students must submit a record based on a critical commentary of the content in popular science journals for internal valuation..
Recommended books (available at the Dept.of Communication Library, MSU)
1.James H.Collier and David M Toomey, Scientific and Technical Communication:Theory, Practice and Policy, Sage,1997.2.Ralph Levinson and Jeff Thomas, Science Today:Problem or Crisis ? Routledge, 1997.3.Karl R Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Routledge, 1980.4.Gnani,Science,Power and Spirituality,(Ariviyal, Athigaram, Aanmigam) Kavya, 1999.5.Robert Barrass, Scientists Must Write, Chapman and Hall, 1978.
[Prepared by Senthivel Arulselvan]
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