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"Opinions on Further Strengthening the Popularization of Science and Technology in the New Era" Interpretation ⑦
Talent is the first resource, implement the Talent Power Strategy in-depth, and improve the talent strategic layout... "Talent" is the keyword in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Party. As the "wing" of innovative development in the new era, popular science is inseparable from the growth of the team of popular science talents. The " Opinions on Further Strengthening the Popularization of Science and Technology in the New Era" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") recently issued by clearly proposes that it is necessary to "cultivate a science popularization team that combines full-time and part-time, has excellent quality and covers a wide range of science."
Science popularization position, if science does not occupy it, rumors may "take the first step". As a long-standing measure, who will do popular science? Originally, scientific researchers had the innate advantage of "a prophet of the spring river warm water", but for a long time, some people used the "four nos" of "unwilling, disdain, dare not, and not good at it" to summarize the dilemma of scientific researchers' popular science. In response to this situation, the "Opinions" proposes to optimize the policy environment for the development of science popularization talents, open up career development channels for popularization workers, and enhance professional identity.
Source: Visual China
Let scientists "consciously participate" the system and mechanism must keep up with
0 The smaller the scientist's voice, the less the views used to attack anti-scientific or pseudoscientific remarks. If scientists are to be able to "consciously participate in" science popularization work, it is inseparable from the guarantee of the system and mechanism.
"Give a higher positioning of popular science work, establish and improve the training and reward mechanism, and increase the sense of gain of popular science work." comrades in charge of popular science work in a large state-owned enterprise believe that the driving force for popularizing scientific and technological resources is to keep up with the system and mechanism. For example, on the one hand, enterprises and institutions with rich scientific and technological resources, especially the national team, should put forward science popularization tasks and set up policies such as "plus points" for popular science work in the assessment; on the other hand, improve the professional improvement channels for popular science practitioners, and encourage the effectiveness of popular science work to be used as an important reference for professional title evaluation and appointment and performance assessment.
Zhang Wei, a researcher at the Center for Space Application Engineering and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a member of the aerospace science popularization team and a regular guest in the live broadcast of the "Science Open Class" series. He will reveal to everyone the "past and present" of space experiments in a simple and easy-to-understand way. "At this stage, the most important thing for scientists to participate consciously is the scientific research evaluation and assessment mechanism." Zhang Wei also suggested that will participate in popular science as an aspect of scientists' evaluation and assessment, and encourage and encourage scientists to participate more in the form of systems.
Zhang Wei talked about the "Interesting Space Science Experiment in Space Station " in the live broadcast of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Improves science popularization capabilities and increases the "sense of security" for popular science work
"Opinions" also pointed out that "the vast majority of scientific and technological workers should give full play to their own advantages and expertise, actively participate in and support the popular science cause, and consciously assume the responsibility of popular science. Focus on improving the popular science capabilities and use methods that are easy for the public to understand, accept and participate in and carry out popular science."
"From the perspective of scientific researchers' interest and overall willingness to participate in popular science activities, it is still relatively positive. At present, the main source of concerns is the evaluation of peers." Director of the Popular Science Working Committee of the Chinese Physics Society and Researcher of the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, , Wei Hongxiang, , told the Popular Science Times reporter, "Most scientific researchers are willing to do more and say less, do not say anything. Participating in popular science activities not only requires more and also speak well. If you are not careful, your colleagues will think that they are not rigorous enough, or even say wrong." Wei Hongxiang said bluntly that if is labeled as "not rigorous in speaking and love to show off", his career will face great challenges.
"Conscious participation" not only requires relevant mechanisms to promote implementation, but also scientific researchers need to improve their popular science capabilities.
What Wei Hongxiang is worried about is that researchers have good professional qualities and generally do not have a deep understanding of the audience's knowledge level and acceptance ability. "How to organize popular science content and improve expression skills, and how to speak it in a simple and interesting way requires systematic training."
Zhang Wei believes that the key to scientific researchers' ways to improve their popular science capabilities is practice. can capture the needs of the audience through specific popular science activities, and then improve their own knowledge expression methods.
Source: Visual China
Improve the evaluation and reward system Create an atmosphere of attaching importance to popular science
has always had this voice. Scientific researchers are considered to be "not doing their jobs". How to make more scientific community recognize this professional behavior, and how should researchers themselves change their thinking?
Zhang Wei believes that corresponding institutional design should be carried out at the national level. "For example, the requirements for popular science work should be added to the Natural Science Foundation or the Ministry of Science and Technology project application form, and scientific researchers need to submit certificates for engaging in relevant popular science work, and give a tilt in the rating of popular science work, etc. These policies will have a positive impact. "For scientific researchers themselves, what is important is the change in scientific evaluation methods. "Zhang Wei said that the assessment method can add popular science content, and this change will subtly affect scientific researchers, so that they can understand and accept popular science work has become a part of their professional behavior. In this regard, "rational formulation of professional title evaluation and appointment standards for full-time popular science workers" has been written into the "Opinions".
The "Opinions" also proposes to improve the popular science reward and incentive mechanism. Organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to popular science work have the national The relevant regulations will be commended. Improve the evaluation system of popular science workers and support it in the implementation of commendation and rewards and talent plans.
After all, it is very important to create an atmosphere of "popular science is a serious matter". "What is more important to promote scientific researchers to participate in scientific communication is to create a social atmosphere of love and learning science, so that more young people love science, and encourage them to make achievements in the field of science and technology in the future, which is crucial to the development of national science and technology. "Zhang Wei said that in terms of improving the quality of scientific research, the main significance of popular science work is to allow scientific researchers to publicize their achievements and make it clear to the public, so that more scientific researchers, especially young scientists, can participate and gradually improve the research level.
"Take my country's lunar exploration research as an example, through scientific dissemination, scientists understand that lunar samples are worth studying, so some scientists have shifted from earth science to lunar and planetary science, and the research team of this discipline will see a significant increase. After several years of development, the research level of the discipline of lunar and planetary science has achieved an overall leap. "Zhang Wei analyzed that
In the final analysis, it is necessary to place popularization of science at the same level as scientific and technological innovation. "Only by achieving the dissemination and popularization of science can the scientific literacy of all citizens be improved. This is the first goal of popularization of science. ” Part-time researcher at the Development Research Center of the China Association for Science and Technology Xu Shanyan analyzed that a country can only form a grand high-quality scientific and technological innovation team on the basis of improving scientific and technological literacy, realize the transformation of scientific and technological innovation achievements, and then create the value of social spiritual civilization and material civilization.
Source: Popular Science Times
Author: Epic
Editor: Mao Mengnan
Review: Wang Fei
Final review: Chen Lei
