在提倡终身学习的社会大背景下,社会教育的价值逐渐凸显。为探究科普活动作为一种社会教育资源的价值及其衡量方法,本研究对一次“水资源节约保护”主题科普活动进行效果评估。评估于活动期间采用问卷调查法开展,样本量为1000,有效问卷为1000份。评估结果显示,本次科普活动提升了公众对水资源节约保护相关知识的认知度,对公众树立“节水护水是个人社会责任,需积极参与”的意识有积极作用,对公众今后践行“节水护水”行为具有可衡量的潜在积极影响。基于评估数据,本研究认为科普活动作为一种社会教育资源在促进公民终身学习、促进公民理解科学、技术与社会关系、完善学生知识结构方面具有现实价值。本文提出,要从推动学校科学教育与社会科普活动资源结合、扩大活动受益面、优化科普活动设计等方面入手,促进科普活动社会教育价值与作用的发挥。

The social education is playing a more and more important role in the context of building a lifelong learning society. A science communication event is a kind of social education resource and it improves the citizen's scientific literacy. In order to explore the role of science communication events in the social education and related assessing methods, a science communication event is studied, which concerns with water saving and protecting. This event is held in a science and technology museum and is open to general public. In a questionnaire survey, 1000 valid questionnaires were returned. Based on the analysis of data from the questionnaires, the science communication event is found to have a positive educational impact on its visitors. First, it improves the visitor's awareness of knowledge about saving and protecting water. Second, it helps the visitors to develop an attitude of "saving and protecting water is everybody's social responsibility and one should take part in that move actively" .Third, it is likely to guide visitors to save and protect water in their everyday life. It is indicated that as a social public educational resource, the science communication event is beneficial to public's lifelong learning, better understanding of science, technology and society and to the building of students' knowledge structure. Some suggestions are made. First, the school science education should make more use of science communication events. Second, it is necessary to broaden the target groups and to benefit more people. Third, the science communication event should be designed effectively according the public' need, interest and learning habit.