Johan Vilhelm Snellman’s–Finnish Philosopher, Writer,Diplomat–Statement “Science Centers for All”
    
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Prof. Dr. Abdullah AYDIN Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı International Education Studies
Dergi ISSN 1913-9020
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Journals Indexed in Eric
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 11-2019
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 12 / 12 / 85–100 DOI 10.5539/ies.v12n12p85
Makale Linki http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/download/0/0/41443/43070
Özet
“Go to temples of science and ideas of Europe. Imitate the Tugendbund,‘the Union of Virtue’, of which thousands of German youth are the members. Always keep the rule of ‘Fit soul is in fit body’in mind”(Petrov, 2013, p. 72). This study aimed to show the similarities, in terms of expression, emphasis, and implication, in the about/mission/vision/goals/objectives of various science centers from around the world and in the basic themes derived from Snellman’s statement above, namely, Science for all, Science Centers for all, and Human welfare that he made as a challenge to not only his people but to everyone. Document and content analyses were applied in the study. Within the scope of these analyses, this study investigated the about/mission/vision/goals/objectives sections of websites of science centers from around the world (Asia, Europe, Global, Latin America/The Caribbean, North America, Africa). From this investigation, similar basic themes, derived from Snellman’s statement challenging his people/everyone to adopt this devotion to science, were found in the areas of i) expression in ASTC, CIMUSET/CSTM, CASC and SAASTEC; ii) emphasis in ECSITE, ASDC, ASCN and NSCF; and iii) implication in ASPAC, ASTEN, NCSM, ABCMC and Red-POP. These basic themes, as found in the about/mission/vision/goals/objectives of science centers, can, in effect, be narrowed down to the one theme of “cultural institutions will be a big part of human life”(Madsen 2017, p. 68) science centers in the global village (Touraine, 2016, p. 121) of the future.
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