The official launch of the international Programme. Welcome to participants and help with planning both the international day and the main meeting. All members with an interest in Global Science are encouraged to join the International Day.
T002 Go Global: Pupils Communicate About Science With Others World-wide
Wed 4th Jan 2006, 0945-1045
Many schools are now looking to develop the global dimension in the Science curriculum. The ASE Science Across the World programme provides classroom resources on topics of current interest and an extensive database of teachers across the world; enabling students to develop their understanding of Science through the exchange of ideas and opinions. This workshop will provide participants with ideas for using the programme within the Science curriculum and for cross-curricular activities. Participants will be entitled to free lifetime membership for their school.
T003 International Examinations: Integrating Science Teaching, Learning and Assessment - CIE’s Perspective
Wed 4th Jan 2006, 0945-1045
This will be an opportunity to look at some of the innovative and effective teaching and learning tools that teachers of CIE science qualifications are using. There will be a focus on strategies for teaching and learning of practical and higher order thinking skills. The impact of such leading-edge classroom practices educationally and in terms of achievement will be assessed. In this session the links between teaching, learning and assessment will be explored in the context of increasing globalisation and the increasingly rigorous demands of governments, employers and educators.
T004 Science Education and Poverty (Including CASTME Award Announcement)
Wed 4th Jan 2006, 0945-1045
In 2005, the international community witnessed an unprecedented surge in the determination by various stakeholders in the global economy to combat poverty in all its ramifications. As its contribution, CASTME held a regional workshop in Pretoria, South Africa in which attendees explored ways and means of alleviating poverty through science education. This session will draw broadly from the outcomes of the workshop. A major highlight of the session will be the announcement of the 2005 CASTME Award winners.
T005 Assessment of Scientific Enquiry in England and Korea
Wed 4th Jan 2006, 1100-1200
Year 9 pupils in Korea and England both do well in international comparisons of their achievement in science. The curricula and assessment in the two countries are different, however. This session presents the similarities and differences and reports on research undertaken to compare the views of science teachers in Korea and England regarding the teaching and assessment of scientific enquiry.
How can you raise the interest in science and how can you keep the interest alive? This session will focus on how creativity and variety can be used as powerful tools to reach the different learners. Useful, untraditional and (hopefully) fun examples including inquiry, drama, music and stories. I will also show how building models and doing things for real can be ways to address and reach the undiscovered talents in the class. Comprehensive handouts.
T007 International Initiative of the National Science Teachers Association
Wed 4th Jan 2006, 1100-1200
NSTA’s International Science Education Initiatives The National Science Teachers Association in the US has convened a special International Task Force to outline and define directions that NSTA, in association with international partners, might take in terms of international science education in the next several years. This session will report on the status of that work and will solicit input from and collaboration with international partners on making science education more international in focus.
W001 Microscale Science: Access to Practical For All
Wed 4th Jan 2006, 1200-1300
Microscale is moving Science into the 21st century! In the UK it is now linked firmly to the primary and secondary science curricula and becoming fully integrated into the examination process. This is happening increasingly in education overseas too. Compelling reasons for teachers to take advantage of the benefits offered by Microscale techniques. But most compelling of all, Microscience can bring the excitement and fun of personal and practical experience to students in the classroom.
A unique opportunity to hear from our sister association in the Gambia about the triumphs and challenges of teaching science . This will be an interactive session to allow sharing of ideas.
What is the value of talk and argument in a science classroom? How do they relate to pupil engagement? How can teachers create opportunities for talk in science lessons? In this session we will briefly outline our research into various aspects of talk and argument. We will suggest a range of strategies for promoting talk and argument and give you access to resources that we have used which make a difference to pupils’ talk and engagement in the classroom.
