open access

https://doi.org/10.14943/112887

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/94468

Trading Cards of Nuclear Technology : A Science Communication Tool Developed for Gaining Literacy to Read Nuclear Policy Documents

日本語

trading card game

2025-03

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 オープンエデュケーションセンター 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門（CoSTEP）

Japanese Journal of Science Communication

36

45-56

From the 1956 "Long-Term Program on the Development and Utilization of Atomic Energy" to the present-day "Strategic Energy Plan", documents related to relevant committees and nuclear power policies have been accumulated, and many of them may be read on the Internet. Moreover, there are diverse explanations and opinions based on these policy documents, as well as many papers on research and development that reflect them. On the other hand, 1956 was a time when Japan was transitioning from post-war reconstruction to high economic growth and was clearly aware of the possibility of war in the form of the Cold War. Under such circumstances, unless one is knowledgeable to appreciate, to some extent, the context and the source from which the benefits of a particular technology claimed in a particular policy document originate, it would be difficult to predict the actual effects of the technology when it is implemented in society. This might also mislead the general public, making it difficult to reflect the public opinion correctly in new policies. To address these dilemmas, a trading card game has been developed in which the players participate in the role-playing process as a proponent of a particular nuclear technology. The process consists of four phases, namely technology selection, understanding the current situation, policy making, and justification of the selected technology under the policy direction. The game could allow the players to predict the intent of the technology and policy communicator

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1881-8390

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