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Sudanese National Academy of Sciences (SNAS)
As per IAP objectives, the project aims to promote science culture and education through a model based approach in Sudan and Ethiopia. This will be carried out in consultation with international experts in the field, local academic institutions, ...
Topics: Science Education
Project Type: Study
Latest Update: 14 May 2013
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The IAP Science Education Program has 4 active Regional Networks (Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe) which the Program stimulates, coordinates and develops through various activities, among them a large international Conference (2010 York, 2012 Helsinki, 2014 China) gathering Academies and ...
Topics: Science Education
Project Type: Program
Latest Update: 14 May 2013
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25 Apr 2013
Science publishes this month a special issue on "Grand Challenges in Science Education", a critical set of the problems and exciting opportunities now facing science education on a global level. Download the editorial by Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief ...
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16 April 2013 09:00 – 17 April 2013 14:30
Background to the Workshop, Roundtable and Forum on IBSE
For the second time, ISTIC (the International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South cooperation under the auspices of UNESCO) and the Future University teamed up to organise a workshop on “IBSE for Science ...
The Future University
Khartoum, Sudan
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Since the beginning of this XXI century, IAP seeks to reform and develop science education on a global scale, especially in primary and secondary schools, with a pedagogy based on inquiry (Inquiry Based Science Education IBSE).
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Topics: Science Education
Latest Update: 12 Apr 2013
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24 February 2013 – 27 February 2013
March 2013: Update - The online Agenda now contains links to the presentations
The IAP Conference on "Grand Challenges and Integrated Innovations: Science for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development" will be hosted by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, ...
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Rio de Janeiro
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Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (ZAS), Zambia Academy of Sciences (ZaAS)and Network of African Science Academies NASAC) focus on the dissemination of the ‘Inquiry-Based Science Education: Increasing Participation of Girls in Science in sub-Saharan Africa’ policymakers booklet produced ...
Topics: Women in Science, Science Education, Young Scientists
Project Type: Workshop
Latest Update: 12 Dec 2012
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Australian Academy of Science, Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies (FASAS) and Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA) conduct a 3-day workshop in Australia to provide training, information and insights into the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) primary school ...
Topics: Science Education
Project Type: Workshop
Latest Update: 12 Dec 2012
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16 Oct 2012
The theme for IAP's forthcoming Conference in February 2013 is "Grand Challenges and Integrated Innovations: Science for Poverty Eradication
and Sustainable Development". The Conference will be hosted by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24-27 ...
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11 June 2012 – 12 June 2012
This regional workshop, organized by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) and supported by IAP and the Central European Initiative (CEI) is aimed at strengthening the capacity-building potential of Science Academies in the Region. The two-day ...
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Minsk, 220072 Belarus
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24 Aug 2012
The call for proposals is now closed. Successful applicants will be contacted towards the end of October. Thank you for your interest.
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28 May 2012
Press Release
With a program headlined by the South African Minister for Science and Technology, the Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine and other luminaries, the Global Young Academy (GYA) recently completed a very successful General Assembly meeting. The meeting, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, including ...
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The National Academies (U.S.), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of Cuba, the Royal Society, Nigerian Academy of Sciences, Australian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (Egypt). The major objective of this, ...
Topics: Science Education, Biosecurity, Health
Project Type: Workshop, Conference
Latest Update: 26 Jun 2012
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16 February 2012 08:00 – 18:00
A Global Movement in Support of Inquiry-based Science Education
Vancouver (BC) Convention Centre
Vancouver
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3 Feb 2012
The IAP/TWAS/AAAS Workshop on A Global Movement in Support of Inquiry-based Science Education, takes place on February 16, 2012 before the opening of the AAAS Annual Meeting, in the Vancouver Convention Centre.
The Workshop is open to all Annual Meeting registrants. For ...
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27 Jan 2012
A regional workshop for science academies in Central and Eastern Europe will be hosted by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk, 11 - 12 June 2012
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1 January 2010 – 31 December 2011
In 2010 and 2011, a number of European science Academies met to build this Network, with a decisive help from ALLEA (All European Academies), in order to stimulate the development of inquiry based science education in Europe, as well as contributing to such development beyond Europe, ...
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Science education provided in rural schools in Sri Lanka is limited in scope, primarily due to paucity of appropriate educational tools and facilities. As a result, promoting interest in science among children in rural areas has been difficult. Further, science taught in many schools is mainly ...
Topics: Science Education
Project Type: Study
Latest Update: 21 Dec 2011
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4 June 2012 – 8 June 2012
The French Academie des sciences organizes every year, in collaboration with the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, an international seminar on science and technology education in school.
In 2012, the seminar will take place in Sèvres, near Paris, on June 4-8.
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11 May 2010 – 12 May 2010
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF) organized a Workshop on Inquiry-based Science Education (IBSE) for girls in Pretoria (11-12 May 2010).
The workshop provided a platform for the sharing of information on PrimaryConnections in partnership with the Australian ...
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1 Jan 2007
SCIENCE Editor-in-Chief illustrates progress made in inquiry-based science education, catalyzed by IAP's programme on science education ...
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IANAS - the InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences
Topics: Women in Science, Science Education, Water, Development
Project Type: Network
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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Coordinated by the Academia Chilena de Ciencias, the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina, the Académie des Sciences, France and the African network of IAP members (NASAC), this project will continue the work to globalise the IAP science education programme, and to promote on a national basis the experiences and methodologies for taking this programme from primary-level to secondary-level.
Topics: Science Education, Young Scientists
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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Led by IAP member the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina, in partnership with Academies of Science of Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala, the program will work to improve the level and the relevance of science education through the active participation of science academies and the most prominent scientists in all nations working together with teachers and educational authorities to create new national programs for science education, and share best practice and experiences.
Topics: Science Education, Health, Development
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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Enabling and enhancing the participation of women in S&T: led by the network InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) and IAP member academies in Brazil and the US, this project aims to develop a strategic plan for structuring a Women for Science working group for the Americas, its relation to individual academies through its focal points, and its intersections with all other IAP programs and projects in the region. In parallel it will build a regional resource database and enhancing visibility of women in science throughout the region.
Topics: Women in Science, Science Education
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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31 Aug 2011
Call for evidence for a project coordinated by The Royal Society on "Science as a Public Enterprise" via an online questionnaire ... The deadline has been extended until 15 October 2011 for IAP Member Academies to participate ...
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12 May 2011
The booklet is a product of the workshop on Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) organized by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in partnership with NASAC, the Organisation of Women Scientists for the Developing World (OWSDW) and the Gender Advisory Board of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) in Pretoria, in May 2010.
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12 May 2011
The Royal Society, UK, published a report in February on "Neuroscience: implications for education and lifelong learning".