The challenges for science, education for the twenty-first century
Subtitle: 19-21 November 2001.
Series: Pontificiae Academiae Scientiarum scripta varia ;; 104
Publisher: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Vatican City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Science -- Study and teaching -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Proceedings of a conference held in Vatican City.
Table of contents: title: Science and education / R.L. Mössbauer; title: Science education and capacity building in the twenty-first century / C.N.R. Rao; title: Science education in Brazil: towards a new proposal / C. Pinto de Melo; title: The science of education and education in science / S.L. Laki; title: Science education and information technology / M.G.K. Menon; title: Building a vision of inquiry-centered learning. A workshop demonstration / D.M. Lapp; title: The problems and promises of science education in Chile / J.E. Allende; title: Closing the educational gap among teenagers / A.S. Kashina; title: Science education in France: 'La main à la pâte' / P.J. Léna; title: Experiences in Mexico in the use of hands-on, inquiry science education systems in primary schools / G.R. Fernández de la Garza; title: Science for citizenship / J.F. Osborne; title: The presence and absence of science in Italy's educational tradition / G. Tognon; title: Evaluation and education in science / B. Gueye; title: Strategies for the improvement of K-8 science education. A report from the United States / D.M. Lapp; title: The computer in the school: a tool for the brain / A.M. Battro; title: Science and society / Y. Quéré; title: Hands-on science / R.L. Gregory; title: The  responsibility of scientists in the education of young people / R. Vicuña; title: The scientific education of citizens / P. Germain; title: From a static to a dynamic system of education in science / A.V. Verganelakis; title: Modern cosmology, a resource for elementary school education / G.V. Coyne; title: The importance of the history of science in intellectual formation / J.-M. Maldamé; title: A philosophical platform for proportion in education: the "scientific subject" and the creative act of the human being / A.-T. Tymieniecka; title: The Pontifical Academy of Sciences: a historical profile / H.E. Msgr. M. Sánchez Sorondo; title: Statement issued after the workshop held at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on 19-20-21 November 2001, and approved by the Council of the Academy on 17 February 2002.