We are pleased to invite you to participate in the XV IOSTE International Symposium
on Science & Technology Education for Development, Citizenship and
Social Justice to be held at Yasmine Hammamet (29 October – 3 November, 2012).
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interested in participating in the symposium.
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Nous
sommes heureux de vous inviter à participer au XVème
Symposium International sur l’Education Scientifique et Technique pour
le Développement, la Citoyenneté et la Justice Sociale, qui se tiendra
à Yasmine Hammamet (29 Octobre – 03 Novembre, 2012).
Veuillez diffuser ce message à toute personne qui
pourrait-être intéressée par ce symposium.
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The THEME: “Science & Technology Education for
development, citizenship and social justice” is expressed through 9 Strands (S1 to
S9):
·
S1: Education for Sustainable
Development, Human Rights and Health.
Suggested
topics
- Education for all.
- Citizenship education.
- ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) / Environmental education.
- Health education/ health
promotion/Sex education.
- Ethics in STE
·
S2: Cultural, social
and gender issues in STE
Suggested
topics
- Gender issues.
- Values and Ethics in STE.
- International comparisons.
- Student diversity and inclusive education.
- Political issues in STE.
- Indigenous Knowledge and Intercultural Education.
- Language problems / linguistic diversity
- Conceptions, science, justice and citizenship
- Science, Technology and Society.
·
S3: STE and
religion.
Suggested
topics
- Nature of science,
nature of religion.
- Science education
versus religious education
- Science and
religion: strategies for learning and teaching, teachers training, curriculum
design.
- Science and Belief:
alternative conceptions.
- Teaching religions
or enrolling in a religion? Inside or outside school?
· S4: ICT for equity and democracy in STE.
Suggested topics
- Digital divide.
- ICT and e-learning in
teacher development.
- Smart school and ICT-based
education.
- Distance learning and
blended learning.
- ICT learning and
instructional design.
- Perspectives and educational
programs beyond ICT
·
S5: Epistemology,
History and Philosophy in STE.
Suggested topics
- History and epistemology in mathematics, fundamental and applied
sciences
- History and Philosophy of Biomedical and Health Education.
- Philosophy of Science: Modeling, complexity, prediction
·
S6:
Socio-scientific issues in STE.
Suggested topics
- Socio-scientific issues and cognitive process in
formal and nonformal learning
- Using Socio-scientific issues for STE
- Education in science centres and museums
- Positioning arguments and controversies in STE
·
S7: Teacher training and teaching
practices
Suggested topics
Teachers and trainers in
science and technology: Policy, missions, training, roles, values
and perspectives.
- Teaching STE versus conception and competence
- STE: Practices and didactic design
·
S8: Curricula,
textbooks and media in STE
Suggested topics
- Critical analysis of official programs and textbooks.
- Curriculum design and development in STE.
- Inter/intra /
trans-disciplinary topics.
- Science, Media and Society
·
S9: Evaluation in STE.
Suggested topics
- Assessment and ranking of schools and
universities.
- Assessment dealing with learning,
training and citizenship education
- Competency assessment.
- Social impact of assessment.
- Theory and practice of Assessment, Evaluation, Testing and
Measurement.
- Evaluation of Educational Research.
- Educational Assessment Policies and System Monitoring.
- International comparative evaluations (PISA, TIMMS, ROSE,…)
Best regards
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Mondher ABROUGUI
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