SCIENCE
EDUCATION - MEETINGS
Fourth
Meeting of the Council of the Science Education Programme
July 2007, Mexico City
The IANAS Science Education Program held the IV Meeting of
its National Focal Points in Mexico City on July 2-3, 2007.
Key issues in the agenda were the discussion of the IANAS/OAS
Science Education project, the national science education
activities developed by the Academies in 2007 and the proposed
actions for 2008. In light of this discussion, the program
decided upon the allocation of funds.
Programme
List
of Participants
Activities
Report
Third
Meeting of the Council of the Science Education Programme
September 2006, Santiago
The third meeting of the focal points of the Science Education
Programme was held in Santiago, Chile, on September 27th,
immediately after the IAP Workshop on Evaluation of Science
Education Projects that was convened on the 25-26 of September,
2006.
The IANAS meeting discussed important issues such as the project
that has been submitted by the programme to OAS, the evolution
of the national science education programmes, the activities
developed in 2006, and the plan of action for 2007. At the
meeting the national focal point from Argentina, Norma Nudelman,
was elected the new vice-coordinator of the programme, and
will be working closely with José Lozano, from the Colombian
Academy, who assumed the coordination for the 2006-2008 period.
Mexico was chosen as the venue for the fourth focal point
meeting.
The IAP workshop discussed the “Report on International Assistance
on Evaluation of IBSE Programs”, which aims to create an International
Platform that could provide assistance in the evaluation of
IBSE projects and programmes carried out in different countries
of the world. This report was prepared by a multinational
Working Group of experts on science education, as a follow-up
of the meeting held in Stockholm in September of last year.
Programme
List
of Participants
Report
of the Coordinator
Report
of the Meeting
Report
of the Working Group on International Collaboration in the
Evaluation of IBSE programs
Conclusions
of the Discussion of the IAP Workshop
Workshop on Evaluation of Inquiry-Based
Science Education
May 2-3 of 2006, Rio de Janeiro
Under the auspices of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, IANAS held a “Workshop on Evaluation of Inquiry-Based Science Education” in Rio de Janeiro on May 2-3, 2006. This meeting was organized as part of an international effort by the science academies of the world aimed at the improvement of the quality and pertinence of Science Education in schools.
At the global level, the IAP Science Education Programme will attempt to help improve national programs by conducting research aimed at learning from previous experiences. The initial aim is to produce an international instrument for assistance to those projects that would like to undergo a self-evaluation, which will be useful both for their own and other IBSE efforts.
As a kick-off activity, the IAP Science Education Program convened a Workshop on Evaluation of Inquiry-Based Science Education Programmes in Stockholm in September 2005. At the workshop, it was decided to set up a multinational Working Group of experts on science education that would build on the Stockholm discussions to produce a proposal for a detailed international platform to assist the IBSE projects of different countries.
Based on this meeting and the fact that three out of nine experts of this Working Group are from the hemisphere (Canada, USA and Brazil), the InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) decided to organize, with the support of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the IANAS Workshop on Evaluation of Inquiry-Based Science Education. This workshop aimed at discussing regionally the ideas from the IAP Working Group established in Stockholm. At the same time, the other Academies in the region would have the opportunity to bring to the table their views and experiences, generating inputs to the multinational Working Group.
The following countries participated in the IANAS workshop: Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia; EUA; Peru; USA; Venezuela and the Caribbean Scientific Union. The French Academy of Sciences also sent a representative.
Programme
List of Participants
Background of the Stockholm meeting
Link to Presentations
Summary of the Consensus
Second Meeting of the Council of the Science Education Programme
September 2005, Edmonton
The second IANAS Science Education Focal Point Meeting was held in Edmonton, Canada, on 26 and 27 of September. Hosted by the University of Alberta, the meeting represented a good opportunity for the representatives from the different countries to report the national efforts that are being developed to improve science education of children and young students through the inquiry-based methodology. The meeting also appraised the different activities that have been organized by the programme, appreciated the project that was submitted for funding at the OAS and discussed future initiatives.
Programme
List of Participants
Report of the Coordinator
Proposal to the OAS
Report of the Meeting
Workshop on Strategic Planning for the Initiation of Inquiry-Based Science Education Projects
October 2004, Santiago
In the period of October 25-29 of 2004, following the invitation of the Chilean Academy of Sciences, representatives from 9 different countries (Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Mexico; USA; and Venezuela) assembled to train teams and discuss the major questions regarding the initiation of inquiry-based science education projects.
Programme
List of Participants
Meeting of the Council of the Science Education Programme
October 2004, Santiago
The first meeting of the focal point persons (Council) of the IANAS Science Education Programme was held in Santiago, on October 29-30 of 2004. During two days, the national representatives indicated by the member Academies met to discuss the interest and initiatives of each Academy in the field of Science Education, the initial steps of the programme, as well as future actions.
Programme
List of Participants
Report
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