Nadi Suprapto, Chih-Hsiung Ku, Te-Sheng Chang
This study aimed to analyse the experiences of graduate students and their professor deal with science communication courses. Capturing the nature and the pedagogic experiences of the courses and describing the trend issues around them were the main focus of this study. By using a constructivist approach, eight graduate students and one Professor of science education program at a public university in the East of Taiwan were submitted participant qualitative interviews to discuss their learning experiences in the course. The findings revealed that first; science communication bridges the gap between people and science communities and includes interaction between various other longer-established academic domains. Second, it is about interpersonal and public communication among and by science professionals. Third, it emphasises the importance of communicative pedagogy: instructional design, media and technology, classroom management, interpersonal interaction, and assessment. Fourth, the trending issue around science communication can be reviewed from science content, nature of science, and social cognition theory. This study pinpoints the position of science, communication, and science communication as a package in which giving a linkage between scientists and science communicators as collective roles. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Undergraduate Program of Physics Education, Surabaya, Indonesia; National Dong Hwa University, Graduate Institute of Science Education, Hualien, Taiwan; National Dong Hwa University, Graduate Institute of Education, Hualien, Taiwan
