当科学家失去吸引力 谁偷走了中国孩子的科学梦?

Chinese children no longer dream of becoming a scientist amid changing social values, according to surveys.

多项调查显示，随着社会价值观的变迁，我国儿童不再梦想成为科学家。

Sun Yunxiao, chief researcher at China Youth and Children Research Center, said science fell from favor due to changing social values, which regard science as a less rewarding choice and not as prestigious as economics.

中国青少年研究中心首席研究员孙云晓表示，科学失去吸引力的原因在于社会价值观的变迁，在如今的社会价值观中，科学是回报率较低的选择，也不如经济学有声望。

A study by the center in 2013 showed that 32.3% of Chinese high school Students want to work in science-related fields, 17 and 12 percentage points lower than in the US and South Korea, respectively.

该中心2013年的一项调查发现，32.3%的中国高中生想从事科学相关行业，分别比美国和韩国低17和12个百分点。

The study also showed that the older children became, the less they wanted to pursue a science career, dropping from 52.5% for elementary students to 47.5% for middle school students.

该调查还发现孩子越长大越不想追求科学事业，想从事科学行业的小学生有52.5%，这一比例在初中生中降至47.5%。

A researcher with the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that becoming a scientist was the third-to-last choice among 1,000 students surveyed, ahead of only workers and farmers.

中科院一位研究员对1000名学生的调查发现，当科学家是倒数第3的选择，只比工人和农民排名靠前。

The latest results from the Program for International Student Assessment of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) showed that 16.8% of Chinese students expect to pursue careers in science, well below the 38% figure in the US and the average for OECD countries of 24.5%.

经济合作与发展组织(OECD)国际学生评估项目的最新结果显示，16.8%的中国学生期望从事科学行业，远低于美国的38%和OECD国家24.5%的均值。