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AEMASE, African-European-Mediterranean Academies for Science Education

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Improving science communication, championing formal and informal science education (SE) and fostering citizen science literacy are crucial for sustained economic growth and human welfare. Existing national programmes, which have already brought expertise about inquiry-based science education (IBSE), especially in primary and lower secondary schools in Europe, must also provide teacher professional development (TPD) in science. This project would help to upscale and mainstream these programmes, and disseminate the know-how gained in Europe unto a region around the Mediterranean basin that share strong and ancient scientific and political links. The French and Italian science academies, leading members of the IAP SE programme, will organize a conference for 20 European, Mediterranean and African countries to (i) foster cooperation and bilateral twinnings on IBSE and informal SE and pool resources for TPD; and (ii) raise awareness of education Ministries for promoting TPD in science and strengthen their partnerships with their national science Academies.

Results of the international conference

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The AEMASE Conference Report on Science Education has now been published by ALLEA, with the support of IAP, and is available HERE. For printed copies, please contact the IAP Secretariat: iap@twas.org

 

Agenda

May 18, 2014
19:00 Welcoming reception
May 19, 2014
09:00 – 10:00

Opening session

10:00 – 10:10

Presentation of the Conference objectives by the Organizing Committee

10:10 – 10:45

Keynote lecture

Science education in school, a challenge for Academies and scientists

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee break

Science exhibition, display of material, experiments or websites

11:15 – 13:00

What is inquiry?

Hands-on/inquiry session + Joint meeting of the two Groups

14:00 – 15:30

National projects - Session 1

CHAIR: Ahmadou Wague

14:00 – 15:30

National projects - Session 2

CHAIR: Elias Baydoun

  • 14:00 Experience of the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology for Scientific clubs in Morocco
  • 14:15 The BT Young Scientist & Technology Competition and Exhibition - Peter Mitchell
  • 14:30 The programme Des Maisons pour la science - Laurence Constantini
  • 14:45 The Italian national network of academies for education - Francesco Clementi
  • 15:00 Primary Connections: linking science with literacy - Shelley Peers
  • 15:15 Discussion
14:00 – 15:30

National projects - Session 3

CHAIR: Giuseppe Macino

  • 14:00 Challenges for quality education in Haiti: the TEH programme - Jacques Blamont, CNES, France, Volvick Charles
  • 14:15 Science education hubs in the Netherlands; collaboration between universities and primary education - Marieke Peeters
  • 14:30 Introducing IBSE in an African context: the case of Sudan - Mustafa El Tayeb
  • 14:45 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ school activities - Per Olof Hulth, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • 15:00 Recent developments in science education in the United States - Robert Hauser
  • 15:15 Discussion
15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

Science exhibition, display of material, experiments or websites

16:00 – 19:00

Roundtable

Programmes for SE in the African-European-Mediterranean region, views from institutions and foundations

 

19:00 Cocktail reception at Palazzo Farnese, offered by the French Embassy in Rome
May 20, 2014
08:30 – 09:15

Keynote lecture

CHAIR: Giancarlo Vecchio, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy

Science Education and Science Literacy - Two sides of the same coin

09:15 – 10:45

Successful international collaborations on Science Education

CHAIR: Lee Yee-Cheong

  • The European Fibonacci Project: lessons learned from international collaborations - Associate professor Petra Skiebe-Corrette, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  • Science education and the Network of African Science Academies - Jackie Olang, NASAC, Kenya
  • Pan-African network of Science Centers - Hoda El-Mikaty, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
  • Assessing the outcomes of inquiry-based science learning - Benő Csapó, University of Szeged, Hungary
  • International cooperation as a key pillar in IBSE implementation strategies - Àgueda Gras-Velázquez, EUN, Belgium
  • International cooperation as a key pillar in IBSE implementation strategies - Claudia Robles, Innovec, Mexico
10:45 – 11:15

Coffee break

Science exhibition, display of material, experiments or websites

11:15 – 13:00 Poster session on science education initiatives and projects
14:30 – 15:15 Views and perspectives (follow up to Poster session 9) - Parallel groups with facilitators
15:45 – 04:15

Coffee break

Science exhibition, display of material, experiments or websites

16:15 – 18:00 Conclusions and discussion about the future of AEMASE coordinated by the Conference Organizing Committee
18:00

Guided tour of Villa Farnesina

Meeting of the ALLEA Working Group on Science Education (for the WG members only)