A Book Chapter That Appeared In The Recently Published International Book By Australian National University On Communicating Science…
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forever etched science communication or scicom products and services of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) in the country’s history and status of scicom.
The International Book chapter, “Philippines: From science then communication to science communication” traced the history of scicom in the country from the pre-Spanish times up to the modern period.
It was authored by three scicom practitioners coming from the academe and industry sectors – Asst. Prof. Garry Jay Montemayor from the University of the Philippines Los Baños; Dr. Mariechel Navarro, former director of Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology; and Kamila Isabelle Navarro, a graduate of Master of Science Communication degree at Australian National University.
Some of those cited are the annual National Science and Technology Week celebration which showcases the Department’s various S&T through innovative scicom methods and the digital library-in-a-box called Starbooks or Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks; the Science Explorer Bus and NuLab, mobile science learning facilities for elementary and high school students; and Indie-Siyensiya, a filmmaking contest of the science agency administered also by the DoST-SEI; and the science and weather program DoSTv.
The International Book was edited by some of the world-recognized experts in science communication like Toss Gascoigne, Michelle Riedlinger, Bruce Lewenstein, Luisa Massarani, and Peter Broks.
This news was originally published at manilatimes.net