INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Science Education in School - focused on inquiry-based science education

Ambasador Hotel, Bucharest, 2-3 octombrie 2009

  • Conference Poster
  • Conference Programme
  • Message to the conference participants from Dr. David Jasmin, La main à la pâte Director
  • The International Conference addresses to educational policies decision makers and specialists; participation by invitation only.
  • Photo gallery

LECTURES GIVEN BY FOREIGN INVITED SPEAKERS (ordered alphabetically):

    • Ana Gostincar BLAGOTINSEK , Faculty of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia
      1. How to start with IBSE (inquiry based science education)?
      2. Lessons Learnt from Pollen Project
    • Olivier BURGER, Inspector of the Avranches district - Ministry of education, representative of La main à la pâte Programme, France
      1. Developing a tool for teachers' self-training : from conception to implementation
    • Lidia Ochoa CANIGUERAL, Faculty of Psicology and Education, University of Girona, Spain
      1. Girona, seed city of Science
      2. Sciences in the Schools
    • Thierry HOUYEL, Inspecteur de l'Education Nationale, Zone Europe du Sud-Est, Agence pour l'Enseignement Français à l'Etranger
      1. The primary science education project under development in the French schools of South East Europe, throughout co-operations with local schools
    • Stevan JOKIC, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
      1. Science education for children in Serbia: The Ruka u testu (La main a la pate) programme
      2. Scientific discoveries in Balkanian region: The South-East European collaboration
    • Katarina Romana KOTULAKOVA, Faculty of Education, Trnava University, Slovakia
      1. Everyday Biochemical Phenomena in Primary School Education
    • Michel LOSTANLEN, Director al liceului francez "Anna de Noailles" din Bucuresti
      1. Inquiry-based teaching in the French education system: secondary classes
    • Stuart NAYLOR, Millgate House Education, Sandbach, Great Britain
      1. Concept Cartoons as a starting point for inquiry-based science teaching
      2.  Dialogic teaching in science
    • Yves QUERE, Memeber of the French Academy
      1. Interdisciplinarity in Science Teaching
      2. Overall Presentation of Pollen and Fibonacci Projects
    • Nazim SELLAL, Profesor de biologie, liceul francez "Anna de Noailles" din Bucuresti
      1. Inquiry-based teaching in the French education system: secondary classes
    • Petra SKIEBE, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germania
      1. Implementation of the IBSE program Pollen in Germany
      2. Informal science laboratories as part of IBSE
    • Kristina ZOLDOSOVA, Faculty of Education, Trnava University, Slovakia
      1. Basic science process skills in primary education practice
      2. Slovak primary teachers attitudes on the IBSE conception (empirical research)

LECTURES GIVEN BY FOREIGN INVITED SPEAKERS (ordered alphabetically):

  • Rodica BARUTA, profesor, Colegiul National “Horea, Closca si Crisan”, Alba – Iulia
    • Methodical-scientific and practical methods for integrating and adapting knowledge of chemistry in the family environment
  • Daniela Bogdan, Ministerul educatiei, Cercetarii si Inovarii
    • Hands-on in secondary school
  • Carmen Gina CIOBÎCA, Inspectoratul Scolar Judetean Suceava
    • From game to science through laboratory experiments
  • Cristina Maria Constantin, Centrul National pentru Curriculum si Evaluare in Invatamantul Preuniversitar
    • The problem of environment pollution - cross-curricular approach
  • Radu Dascalu, Centrul national pentru curriculum si evaluare in invatamantul preuniversitar
    • The national assessment at the end of the fourth grade 2009 - the "science " subject
  • Mihaela Garabet si Ion Neacsu, profesori, Liceul teoretic “ Grigore Moisil ”, Bucuresti
    • Science Experiments for primary education
  • Daniela Florentina Ilesan, Inspectoratul Scolar Judetean Sibiu
    • Science learning throught projects-connection between curricular and extracurricular activitities
  • Florentina IOFCIU, Profesor, Scoala nr. 22 Mexic si Scoala nr. 195 Bucuresti
    • Modern approaches of teaching science through constructivist education
  • Alexandru LUPASCU, Profesor universitar, Universitatea "Politehnica" Bucuresti
    • Teaching physics by experiments
  • Alina Gigliola Maiereanu, Inspectoratul Scolar Judetean Vrancea
    • Science of Teaching Science
  • Iulia Mihail, Director, Biroul Roman pentru Cercetare Stiintifica la UE – ROST Brussels
    • Researchers supporting science education
  • Carmen MOISE, Profesor, Colegiul National “Nichita Stanescu”, Ploiesti
    • Creativity: an open road or an obstacle?
  • Lavinia MURESAN, Inspectoratul Scolar Judetean Mures
    • Methodical-scientific and practical methods for integrating and adapting knowledge of chemistry in the family environment
  • Marcela Niculae, C.M. Niculae si Roxana Doncu, Profesori, Liceul teoretic “Ion Barbu” Bucuresti, Universitatea Bucuresti, Facultatea de Fizica, Bucuresti
    • Test concerning the progress of learning Natural Science at the end of the primary cycle in Romania
  • Natalia Secareanu, Inspectoratul Scolar Judetean Vaslui
    • Active-participative methods used in teaching maths in primary school
  • Manuela SZEPESI, Crina Stefureac, Liceul German Goethe, Colegiul Tehnic “Mihai Bravu”, Bucuresti
    • Find the Earth from satellite through LEOWorks program
  • Manuela Velica, Profesor, Colegiul National “A.I. Cuza”, Corabia
    • Science for life
  • Demo with science experiments run by school teachers: Catalina STANCA, Camelia NEGOITA and Mihaela CEAPA together with the students from Colegiul National Al. I. Cuza, Galati, involved in the project
  • Demo regarding the use of sensors and data acquisition experiments in primary school - prezentation by Elena Ruxandra Cojocaru, student at "Politehnica" University Bucharest
  • Awarding ceremony of the international contest "Light in our Life"
  • Presentation of the prize won by Romanian participants to the "Rolls-Royce Science Prize"