Verawaiteeya (1996) tried to inform Thai science educators and teachers about the importance
of scientific literacy. She argued that scientific literacy would be the new standard of
science learning in the 21st century. Scientific literacy she sees as scientific knowledge and
process skills at the level of application for surviving within the influence of society, economy
and culture. People, who hold scientific knowledge and process skills, are able to explain phenomena
and find reasonable solutions to various problems. Public understanding of science
she argues supports people to understand and in decision making for their family, local and
national issues based on scientific and technological conception.