VII Meeting of the IANAS Science Education Programme

Historical National Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 12-13, 2010

Saturday, June 12

09:00 - 09:20

Opening Ceremony

Jacob Palis (President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences)
Hernan Chaimovich (IANAS Co-Chair)
Vera Lúcia B. Tostes (Director of the National Historical Museum)
Jorge Allende (Chair of the IAP Science Education Program)
José Lozano (Chair of the IANAS Science Education Program)
Anneke Levelt Sengers (Chair of the IANAS WfS-WG)
Hildete Pereira de Melo (Special Secretariat of Policies for Women)
Alice Abreu (Gender Advisory Board - Brazil)

09:20 - 10:00

Report of the Chair of the IANAS Science Education Program

José Lozano

10:00 - 10:20

Coffee Break

10:20 - 12:20

Science Education in the Americas: Lessons from the Experience and the Role of the Academies

Chair:
Gabriel Macaya (Costa Rica)
Rapporteur:
Cesar Carranza (Peru)
Anneke Levelt Sengers (USA)
Speakers:
Carlos Bosch (Mexico)
Claudio Bifano (Venezuela)
Diogenes Campos (Brazil)

12:20 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 16:00

Attracting Girls and Advancing Women in Science and Technology: Why this is Necessary and what Academies can do to Remove Obstacles

Chair:
Winston Mellowes (Caribbean Academy of Sciences)
Rapporteur:
Norma Nudelman (Argentina)
Sally Goetz Shuler (USA)
Speakers:
Anneke Levelt Sengers (USA)
Elisa Saitovitch (Brazil)

16:00 - 16:20

Coffee Break

16:20 - 18:20

Funding Science Education in the Hemisphere: Constraints and Challenges faced by IANAS and the Academies

Chair:
Nelson Moreno Ceballos (Dominican Republic)
Rapporteur:
Danielle Grynszpan (Brazil)
Patricia Taboada-Serrano (Bolivia)
Speakers:
Jorge Allende (Chile)
José Lozano (Colombia)
Patricia Rowell (Canada)
Sally Goetz Shuler (USA)

Sunday, June 13

09:00 - 11:00

The Academies and Gender Issues in Primary and Secondary Science Education

Chair:
Maria del Carmen Samayoa (Guatemala)
Rapporteur:
Carlos Bosch (Mexico)
Patricia Rowell (Canada)
Speakers:
Nora Gómez Zaffini (Argentina)
Lilliam Margarita Álvares (Cuba)
Hildete Pereira de Melo (Brazil)

11:00 - 11:20

Coffee Break

11:20 - 13:00

The IANAS Science Education Program: Proposed Activities and Decision on the Activities to be Supported by the IAP Funds

José Lozano

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 15:00

Election of coordinator and vice-coordinator of the program

15:00 - 17:00

The IANAS Science Education Program: the Way Ahead

Chair:
Claudio Bifano (Venezuela)
Rapporteur:
Diogenes Campos (Brazil)
Lilliam Margarita Álvares (Cuba)
Speakers:
Jorge Allende (Chile)
José A. Lozano (Colombia)
Elected Coordinator
Elected Vice-Coordinator
Anneke Levelt Sengers (USA)

17:00 - 17:30

Closing Ceremony

Elisa Reis (Regional Vice-President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences)
Hernan Chaimovich (IANAS Co-Chair)
Vera Lúcia B. Tostes (Director of the National Historical Museum)
Jorge Allende (Chair of the IAP Science Education Program)
José Lozano (Chair of the IANAS Science Education Program)
Anneke Levelt Sengers (Chair of the IANAS WfS-WG)
Hildete Pereira de Melo (Special Secretariat of Policies for Women)
Alice Abreu (Gender Advisory Board - Brazil)

Workshop with Teachers "Gender Issues in Science Education: Empowerment of Girls and Women"

Historical National Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Monday, June 14

09:00 - 09:20

Opening Ceremony

09:20 - 09:40

Key Lecture 1

Minister Nilcea Freire (National Secretary of Policies for Women)

09:40 - 10:00

Key Lecture 2

Beatriz Barbuy (Inspirational talk)

10:00 - 10:30

Discussion

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:45

Session 1

Nora Gómez Zaffini (The Experience of the UNESCO Regional Chair “Women, Science & Technology in Latin America”)

11:45 - 12:15

Discussion

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

Session 2

Chair: Danielle Grynszpan
Jacqueline Leta
Yvone Mascarenhas

14:30 - 15:00

Discussion

15:00 - 15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 - 16:15

Session 3

Chair: Alice Abreu
Suely Druck
Marcia Barbosa

16:15 - 16:45

Discussion

16:45 - 17:00

Closing Ceremony

 

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