AEMASE, African-European-Mediterranean Academies for Science Education

May, 2014

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May, 2014

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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

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 Lamberto Maffei , Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy Federico Cinquepalmi, Representative of the Minister of Education, Italy Souad Abdelrazzak Yolanda Valle-Neff Albert Quadrio Curzio Antonio Sgamellotti, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, IAP Executive Committee Adriano Zecchina, Compagnia di San Paolo, Italy Mostapha Bousmina Günter Stock Maurizio Brunori, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
10:00 – 10:10	Presentation of the Conference objectives by the Organizing Committee CHAIR: Odile Macchi, Académie des sciences, France CHAIR: Giancarlo Vecchio, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy
10:10 – 10:45	Keynote lecture Science education in school, a challenge for Academies and scientists CHAIR: Lamberto Maffei , Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy Pierre Léna
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 Group 1 - Frédéric Perez, La Main à la Pâte Foundation, France Group 2 - Chiraz B. Kilani, ISEFC, Tunisia
14:00 – 15:30	National projects - Session 1 CHAIR: Ahmadou Wague 14:00 Bridging the gap between formal education and informal learning by science centre pedagogy - Hannu Salmi 14:15 Bringing inquiry learning into practice - Sharifah Maimunah Syed Zin 14:30 Subject-specific CPD in science learning centres - Derek Bell 14:45 IANAS and the HaCE Program - Professor Norma Sbarbati Nudelman, University of Buenos Aires 15:00 The experience of La Main à la Pâte in Senegal - Ahmadou Wague 15:15 Discussion
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 CHAIRS: Mostapha Bousmina, President of NASAC, Odile Macchi, Académie des sciences, France Souad Abdelrazzak, Minister of Education, Sudan Yolanda Valle-Neff, Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe Peter Haydock, Executive Director, Science Education Center, Smithsonian Institution, USA Mohammed Hosni, Morocco’s Ministry of Education Dr Peter McGrath, Science and Diplomacy Programme, IAMP Adriano Zecchina, Compagnia di San Paolo, Italy Jacques Blamont, CNES, France
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 Lee Yee-Cheong
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)

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