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

9415426 Vary This Americas Program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月在萨尔瓦多的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。组织者是艾姆斯爱荷华州立大学的James Vary博士和萨尔瓦多大学的Galileo Violini博士。目的是分析该地区的科学现状，以制定一个与美国和其他发达国家建立研究和教育合作的计划。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。在大多数中美洲和加勒比国家，人们普遍认识到需要提高科学教学和研究水平。主要由于这些国家拥有硕士和博士学位的科学家数量较少，因此没有足够的大学水平的科学教育工作者。因此，很少有重大的科学研究项目得以建立。为了长期解决这些问题，会议期间讨论的主题将包括高级研究项目、实现模式、使用新技术进行教学和交流，以及建立研究小组之间的国际联系等。* * *

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. ***