The Americas Program: International Conference on Physics inCentral America; San Salvador, El Salvador, October 1994

9415426 Variable这一美洲方案奖将资助一组美国、中美洲和加勒比地区的科学家参加将于1994年10月在萨尔瓦多圣萨尔瓦多举行的关于中美洲科学研究发展的国际会议的旅费和相关费用。组织者是爱荷华州立大学艾姆斯分校的詹姆斯·瓦利博士和萨尔瓦多大学的伽利略·维奥里尼博士。其目的是分析该地区目前的科学状况，目的是制定一个计划，与美国和其他发达国家建立研究和教育合作。美国的与会者包括对促进发展中国家的科学教育和研究有浓厚兴趣的著名科学家。人们普遍认为需要提高大多数中美洲和加勒比国家的科学教学和研究水平。主要是由于这些国家硕士和博士级别的科学家数量较少，缺乏经过适当培训的大学水平的科学教育人员。因此，几乎没有重大的科学研究计划被建立起来。为了长期解决这些问题，会议期间讨论的议题将包括高级学习计划、实现方式、使用新技术进行教学和交流，以及在研究小组之间建立国际联系。***

9415426 Vary This Americas Program award will fund travel and related expenses for a group of U.S., Central American, and Caribbean scientists to participate in an international conference on the development of science research in Central America, to be held in San Salvador, El Salvador, in October, 1994. Organizers are Dr. James Vary, Iowa State University, Ames, and Dr. Galileo Violini, Universidad de El Salvador. The objective is to analyze the current status of science in the region with the purpose of developing a program to build research and education collaborations with the U.S. and other developed nations. The U.S. participants include noted scientists with strong interests in promoting science education and research in developing countries. There is a widely recognized need to improve the level of science teaching and research in most Central American and Caribbean countries. Due mostly to the low number of scientists at the masters and doctorate levels in these countries, there is an inadequate pool of properly prepared college level science educators. Consequently, few significant programs of science research are established . To address these issues over the long term, topics of discussion during the conference will include, among others, advanced studies programs, modalities of realization, use of new technologies for teaching and communication, and establishment of international links between research groups. ***