Senior Scientists and Engineers' Awareness of Voluntary Activities on Scientific and Technological Literacy Development among the General Public : A Case Study in Ibaraki Prefecture

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  • 科学技術リテラシー開発ボランティア活動に対するシニア科学技術者の意識 : 茨城県を例として
  • カガク ギジュツ リテラシー カイハツ ボランティア カツドウ ニ タイスル

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Development of scientific and technological literacy among the general public is receiving priority attention in many parts of the world, especially in industrialized countries. While Japan as a matter of policy subscribes to this development, the issue of who can appropriately provide the resources for the implementation of the scientific & technological literacy policy remains unresolved. One possible source could be scientists and engineers, notably, the population of senior scientists and engineers who have retired from active R & D sevice. The present study investigated the awareness of senior scientists and engineers regarding voluntary activities they could participate in on retirement. It specifically sought their views on participating in the development of scientific and and technological literacy among the general public in Japan. The results indicate that about half of the subjects who formed the sample of the study expressed profound interest in such activities especially, as they see cartain personal and societal benefits which makes their retirement more worthwhile. Many of them also strongly feel that scientific and technological literacy, and the use of retired scientists and engineers in its implementation, is an important social enterprise which should form a significant part of an institutionalized national social program.

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