3A TRANSLATING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR SPECIAL AUDIENCES

MODULE 3

Technical Writing is

Reader-oriented and Efficient - suits or conforms to the audience’s needs, interests, and abilitie

5 elements of an efficient technical document (COSVF)

Contents - that make the document worth reading

Organization - that reveals the line of thinking and provides emphasis

Style - that is economical and clear

Visuals - that depicts concepts and relationships

Format - that is appealing

Science communication is the use of appropriate skills, media, activity and dialogue to produce the one or more of the following responses to science (objectives)

Awareness, Enjoyment, Interest, Opinion, and Understanding

What does the objectives of science communication means?

Awareness - about a certain topic or issue

Enjoyment - in engaging with science

Interest - in learning and conversing about science

Opinion - forming opinions on science issues and concerns

Understanding science - including products and processes

What is popular writing

• To promote grateer awareness and consequently, appreciation of science requires a different kind of treatment. 

• It requires moving from the specialist-oriented treatment of the subject matter to the which is understood by laymen; from elitist to common or popular language hard to easy reading 

Public understanding of science Models

• these models are just tools to frame, understand and create science communication initiatives

• In practice, different models may be utilized