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Work Agenda and Papers

The IV International Conference was composed of three days of Workshops for people working with Hands-on Inquiry Centered Systems (HOICS), these workshops were held on November 5, 6 and 9. November 7 and 8 were dedicated to the presentation of Masters Conferences.

In this section you can consult the papers presented both in the Workshops and in the Master Conferences. The papers are available in PDF format. Most of the presentations were in Spanish and some of them in English. The language corresponds to the paper's title.

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Monday, November 5, 2007

  WORKSHOPS
The Impact of Science Teaching
on the Training of Professors
 
Science Teaching and Civic Education
 

The Impact of Science Teaching in the Community

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
WORKSHOPS
Innovations and Support Tools for Professors on Inquiry-Based Science Teaching Programs

The teams from France, Colombia and Chile present the advances in their respective programs in the areas of professional development, curricula and support tools for the development of Inquiry-Based Science Teaching Programs.

Inquiry as Teaching and Learning Model for Sciences:
a Real Experience

This workshop is focused on Education Officials from Mexico and other Latin American countries. The goal of the workshop is to raise official’s awareness of what it means to make inquiry education and to inform them about the elements to develop these systems efficiently.
  • Alberto Guzmán. Innovación en la Enseñanza de la Ciencia (INNOVEC) México. Programas SEVIC-ECBI y su Contexto Internacional.

  • Patricia López. Programa ECBI Chile, Ministerio de Educación de Chile. Pilar Reyes. Programa ECBI Chile, Universidad de Chile. Alberto Guzmán. Innovación en la Enseñanza de la Ciencia (INNOVEC). México. Taller Vivencial de la Metodología SEVIC-ECBI. (ENTRA DESCRIPCIÓN DEL TALLER)

  • Sally Shuller. Centro Nacional de Recursos Científicos. Estados Unidos. José Lozano. Red Interamericana de Academias de Ciencias. Descripción del Modelo de Enseñanza de la Ciencia Desarrollado por el Centro Nacional de Recursos Científicos. Hacia una Reforma de la Educación en Ciencias.

  • Mauricio Duque (Programa Pequeños Científicos, Colombia), y María Heller (Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Panamá). Programas de Enseñanza de la Ciencia en Panamá y Colombia.
WELCOME DINNER

Special Guests:

  • José Natividad González Parás. Nuevo Leon State Governor.
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota. Mexican Secretary of Education.
  • Mario Molina. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 and Chairman of the Fourth Conference Advisory Board.
  • Othón Ruiz Montemayor. President of the Universal Forum of Cultures Governing Board.
  • Juan Carlos Romero Hicks. General Director of the National Council of Science and Technology.
  • Jaime Lomelín Guillén.President of Innovation for Science Education (INNOVEC).

Master Conference

  • Mario Molina. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 and Chairman of the Fourth Conference Advisory Board. See Paper (in Spanish).

 

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
   OPENING CEREMONY
 
  • José Natividad González Parás. Nuevo León State Gobernor.
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota. Mexican Secretary of Education.
  • Mario Molina. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 and Chairman of the Fourth Conference Advisory Board.
  • Juan Carlos Romero Hicks. General Director of the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology.
  • Jaime Lomelín Guillén. President of Innovation on Science Education.

Key Note Speaker:

  • Josefina Vázquez Mota. National Secretary of Education.

HANDING OF AWARDS

The Mexican Secretary of Education and Innovation on Science Education (INNOVEC) awarded Doctors George Charpak and Leon Lederman both Nobel Prize in Physics for their commitment and leadership with science teaching.
 
ROUND TABLE 1. SESSION 1.
HUMANKIND ON EARTH: WISDOM AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO CO-EXIST

Science as the key element of transforming the vision and capabilities of individuals and society to understand surrounding phenomena and key factors that allow for favorably reactions to the changes in the social and natural environment.

Coordinator: Gabriel Macaya. President of the National Academy of Sciences. Costa Rica.

Speakers:

  • Juan Carlos Romero Hicks. General Director of the National Council of Science and Technology.
  • José Sarukhán. Ex-Chancellor of UNAM and Senior Researcher, Institute of Ecology. See Paper (in Spanish).
  • Luis Manuel Guerra. Education and Training Center for Sustainable Development. SEMARNAT.

 
ROUND TABLE 1. SESSION 2.

Speakers:

  • Indira Samarasekera. President of the University of Alberta, Canada.
  • Francisco Azcúnaga Guerra. President of Monterrey University. See Paper (in Spanish).
  • Neil C. Hawkins. Corporate Director of Sustainable Chemistry, The Dow Chemical Company, United States. See Paper (in English).

ROUND TABLE 2. SESSION 1.
IDENTITY AND DEVELOPMENT, INFLUENCE OF GLOBALIZATION
IN ASPIRATIONS AND CAPABILITIES

Science helps to understand and modify reality and transform our collective and individual aspirations. Science education should contribute to build a cultural identity that engenders pride in our past and proactive in the future.

Coordinator: Juan Pedro Laclette. President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. See Paper (in Spanish).

Speakers:

  • Rigoberta Menchú. Nobel Prize of peace, 1992. Guatemala.
  • Juana Inés Díaz Tafur. Vice Minster of National Education, Colombia.
  • Gabriel Meyassed. World ORT. See Paper (in Spanish).

 
ROUND TABLE 2. SESSION 2.

Speakers:

  • Warren Baker. President of the California Polytechnic State University. See Paper (in English).
  • León Olivé. Institute of Philosophical Research, UNAM.
  • Janet English. Director of Educational Services, KOCE-TV.
 

 

Thursday, November 8, 2007

SPECIAL PRESENTATION
EuroScience Open Forum 2008 (ESOF 2008)

ESOF2008, is the most important interdisciplinary forum for presentation and debate of leading scientific trends and key science policy issues. It will be held on Barcelona from July 18 to 22. ESOF was presented for Mexico and Latin America in the Forum Universal de las Culturas de Monterrey.

Speaker:


ROUND TABLE 3. SESSION 1
SCIENCE EDUCATION: KEY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL COEXISTENCE

Science, its instruments, tools, forms and processes should be accessible to students at the earliest stages of learning. This will allow critical thinking, which in turn will lead to understand and interpret the surrounding world and favor the development of the intellectual abilities acquired in the school. 

Coordinator: José Lozano. Vice-Chair of the IANAS Science Education Programme, Colombia.

Speakers:

  • Georges Charpak. Nobel Prize in Physics 1992. France.


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  • Leon Lederman. Nobel Prize in Physics 1988. United States.


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  • Pablo Rudomín. Emeritus researcher of CINVESTAV, member of the National College, Asturias Prince Prize. See Paper (in Spanish).
 
ROUND TABLE 3. SESSION 2.

Speakers:
 
CLOSING CEREMONY

 

Friday, November 9, 2007

WORKSHOPS
Evaluation of Hands-on Inquiry Centered Systems (HOICS)

The assessment project developed by specialist from the InterAcademy Panel (IAP) will be analyzed, stressing the evaluation of professors training. Also other evaluation projects in Inquiry Science Teaching will be presented.

Modelos y Resultados de Proyectos de Evaluación de Programas de Enseñanza de la Ciencia Basados en la Indagación

 

 

  

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