The management and concept of workshop

 In the 21st century, “Science” should be to “Science as a culture” , that mean everyone can enjoy science as a culture. The new community which should be bearing new science education in the 21st Century was needed. In 2003, “The Association of Promoting the Science Education for the 21st Century (APSE21)” started to hold the workshop to discuss on the future of the science education that has focused on science communication and communication policy. Science Communication is essential as the process of permeating of science to the communities. It is very important that a network of Administration, Research Institutions, Media, Museums, Schools and General Public and so on, and set up these communities to join the Workshop of APSE21 to promote Science Communication between different communities.
 Problems of communication on science topics are; how the science museum works as a place of science communication, what the most important information is for the public, and what is a barrier we have while we make communication. We guess these were cleared by the dialogs between talented people of the various communities in this workshop.

 Before holding a workshop, a non-profit executive committee for the workshop management was organized and applied for some foundation. After running the executive committee, the member set up the project commissioner. The executive committee planned many joint meetings with the project commissioner, so that we could decide a purpose of the program for the workshop. In advance through many meetings, we could send a questionnaire to the participants and got back lots of demands before the workshop.
 Project commissioners bear "concept-making". They prepare a program with " hospitality mind ", and they make carefully the program, considering that is for whom and what the result is. Executive committee bears "management", and thinks about each "participant's conditions” , and we make preparations so that it can cope with various requirements. And, it is tried to provide the subject that can't be solved as a topic for the next workshop. The management of the workshop means that their results were in "the process of the preparation". This workshop put a program with the schedule for two days together, which a panel discussion, lecture, topics offer, group discussions, evaluation, a poster session were planned. These components were provided toward the participants who attended as the various positions to announce.

Workshop of APSE21

FUTURE

2006 Science Literacy

 Based on public-participation-type events held in each area including various types “Science café”, we will inquire the longer-term direction of public interests for science and technology. Moreover, we will discuss effects of science literacy, which foster public's attitude from children to adults toward science and technology.