International Organization of Science and Technology Education

(IOSTE) XV International Symposium

Theme: 'Science & Technology Education for Development, Citizenship and Social Justice'

October 28~November 3, 2012

La Medina - Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia

http://www.inedp.org

The organizers invite research-based abstracts and papers addressing the following nine strands in the contexts of pre-school, primary school, high school or tertiary education, as well as in out-of-school education:

- S1: Education for Sustainable Development, Human Rights and Health.

Proposed 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

Proposed 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.

Proposed 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.

Proposed 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.

Proposed 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.

Proposed 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

Proposed 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.

Proposed 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.

Proposed 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)