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2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A comparative study of the difference between researchers' questions and laypersons' questions concerning the universe

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 23650560
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Sociology/History of science and technology
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

TODAYAMA Kazuhisa  名古屋大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (90217513)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 福井 康雄  名古屋大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (30135298)
齋藤 芳子  名古屋大学, 高等教育研究センター, 助教 (90344077)
唐沢 かおり  東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (50249348)
Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Keywords科学技術社会論 / 市民の科学理解 / 科学リテラシー / 科学コミュニケーション / 天文学
Research Abstract

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 unexpected questions are based on everyday experiences or misunderstandings, and the questioners point our contradictions among the information through logical extraposition. 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.

  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2013 2012 2011

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 非専門家の問いの特徴は何か? それは専門家の眼にどう映るか?2011

    • Author(s)
      齋藤芳子・戸田山和久
    • Journal Title

      科学技術コミュニケーション

      Volume: 10号 Pages: 3-15

  • [Presentation] 科学コミュニケーションに比喩をいかに使うか2013

    • Author(s)
      戸田山和久
    • Organizer
      科学教育学会
    • Year and Date
      20130000
  • [Book] 宇宙100 の謎2013

    • Author(s)
      福井康雄監修
    • Publisher
      角川ソフィア文庫
  • [Book] 宇宙100の謎22012

    • Author(s)
      福井康雄監修
    • Publisher
      東京新聞出版局

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Published: 2015-06-25  

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