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Towards a 21ST Century Approach to Science Education Policy

September 24, 2018 | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
Leading science educators from 9 South and Southeastern Asian countries and the U.S. met for three days in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (October 4-6, 2017) in an effort to rethink and re-envision science education in the 21st Century. The attendees of this U.S. National Science Foundation-funded international conference reaffirmed the G8-Science Academies Joint Statement (2011) that education in science must be targeted not only to future scientists, engineers and other specialists in government and industry, but also to the general public, including school-aged children and adults. The attendees at the October meeting further asserted that public science education should be relevant for all individuals. This white paper summarizes the conference and includes the evaluation report.

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    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1724213
    Funding Amount: $99,866.00
    Resource Type: Reference Materials | Conference Proceedings | Evaluation Reports | Summative
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
    Audience: Administration/Leadership/Policymakers | General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Conferences

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