2nd Call for Papers - IOSTE Tunisia 2012

“Dear Friends and Colleagues,

2nd Call for Papers: Ioste XV - Tunisia 2012 (29 October – 3 November)
"Science & Technology Education for Development, Citizenship and Social Justice"
You can now submit your synopsis (abstract + 3 pages) or your full papers until March 1st.
Send your abstracts at the same time
* On the website: http://www.inedp.org/ioste
* By email: iostexv@gmail.com
** Do not consider this email if you have already submitted your communication **

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2ème Appel à Communication "IOSTE XV" - Tunisie 2012 (29 Octobre - 3 Novembre)
"Education Scientifique et Technique pour le Développement, la Citoyenneté et la Justice Sociale"
Vous pouvez désormais nous soumettre votre synopsis (abstract + 3 pages) ou votre texte intégral jusqu’au 1er Mars.
Envoyer vos résumés en même temps
* sur le site Internet : http://www.inedp.org/ioste
* Par email: iostexv@gmail.com
Ne pas tenir compte de cet email si vous avez déjà soumis votre communication
Best Regards - Cordialement
Mondher ABROUGUI
Direct Contact: abrouguimondher@yahoo.fr
EDIPS - ISEFC - University Virtual of Tunis
Chair, Local XV IOSTE Symposium Organizing Committee
Website URL: http://www.inedp.org
Direct URL: http://www.inedp.org/?conference=ioste-XV
Organizing Committee Email: iosteXV@gmail.com

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I am honored to invite you to participate in the XV IOSTE International Symposium on Science & Technology Education for Development, Citizenship and Social Justice to be held at Yasmine Hammamet (29 October – 3 November, 2012).
For more information do not hesitate to contact the conference Organizing Committee via E-mail: iostexv@gmail.com
Please forward this message to others
you think may be interested in participating in the symposium.

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Nous sommes heureux de vous inviter à participer au XVème Symposium International sur l’Education Scientifique et Technique pour le Développement, la Citoyenneté et la Justice Sociale, qui se tiendra à Yasmine Hammamet (29 Octobre – 03 Novembre, 2012).
Veuillez diffuser ce message à toute personne qui pourrait-être intéressée par ce symposium.

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The THEME: “Science & Technology Education for development, citizenship and social justice” is expressed through 9 Strands (S1 to S9):

S1: Education for Sustainable Development, Human Rights and Health.
Suggested 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
Suggested 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.
Suggested 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.
Suggested 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.
Suggested 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.
Suggested 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
Suggested 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
Suggested 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.
Suggested 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,…)

The conference committee would be grateful if you could forward this email to colleagues who may also be interested in this conference.

Thank you.
Yours Sincerely,

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Mondher ABROUGUI
Direct Contact: abrouguimondher@yahoo.fr
EDIPS - ISEFC - University Virtual of Tunis
Chair, Local XV IOSTE Symposium Organizing Committee
Website URL: http://www.inedp.org
Direct URL: http://www.inedp.org/?conference=ioste-XV
Organizing Committee Email: iosteXV@gmail.com
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