International Conference on Systemic Reform of Science & Mathematics Education: Spring of 2004: Paris, France 2004

拟议的会议旨在就系统的教育改革开展国际对话。对话将促进对教育改革的发现和理解，同时促进教学、培训和学习。该计划将用于分析和比较科学和数学教学的各种学习模式和教学方法，长期目标是提高K-12水平的数学和科学成绩。会议将在国家和国际层面制定新的研究战略和合作伙伴，他们将把美国的系统性改革努力与世界各地的类似努力联系起来。教科文组织代表与教育和科学部门以及美国科学和数学界工作人员之间的对话将得到恢复和加强。会议结果将以印刷形式和在美国科学促进会的网站上公布。通过这次会议在大学学者、发展机构的政策制定者以及学校的科学和数学教育工作者之间建立的联盟将有助于弥合发展机构的研究成果与面向学术受众的研究成果之间的差距。这次会议将是朝着建立更密切的对话、确定潜在的合作努力以及促进内部改革以改善世界各地的科学和数学教育迈出的重要一步。

The proposed conference is aimed at developing an international dialogue on systemic educational reform. The dialogue will advance discovery and understanding of educational reform, while promoting teaching, training and learning. The initiative will be used to analyze and compare various learning models and pedagogic approaches to science and mathematics teaching, with the long-term aim of improving mathematics and science achievement at the K-12 level.The conference will develop new research strategies and partners at the national and international level, who will link the systemic reform efforts in the US in context with similar efforts around the world. The dialogue between UNESCO representatives and staff from education and science divisions and the US science and mathematics communities will be renewed and strengthened. Results of the conference will be published both in print form and on the AAS website. Alliances developed through the conference among university-based academics, policy-makers in development agencies and school-based science and math educators will help bridge the gap between the research produced by development agencies and that produced for academic audiences. The conference would be an important step towards establishing closer dialogue, identifying potential collaborative efforts, and promoting internal reforms to improve science and math education around the world.