STEMED Global Webinar (LIVE Now!)

Join us for today's edGlobal webinar!

This is the second in a series of edGlobal webinars focusing on STEMed innovation and communication. The series is co-hosted by edWeb.net, The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), and STEMconnector.  The program directors are George DeBakey, president of DeBakey International, and Anders Hedberg, the president of Hedberg Consulting.

International Models for Inquiry-Based Science Education in Elementary Schools
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 10AM Eastern Time

In This Session

La main à la pâte was founded by Dr. Georges Charpak, physicist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics (1992), to bring inquiry-based teaching and learning of science to elementary schools in France. Through exceptional leadership by the French Academy of Science and strategic recruitment of staff with strong content knowledge and experience from elementary education, today, it is estimated that 50% of primary school teachers throughout France teach science through minds-on, hands-on exploratory pedagogy.

The La main à la pâte Foundation has disseminated its program concept to more than fifty other countries on four continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa), and invites international leaders to an annual La main à la pate Symposium in Paris to learn from each other and share experiences. Specific emphasis is placed on the development of effective classroom practices in economically challenged regions where education resources are scarce.

Leaders of the organization will provide an overview of its goals and guiding principles and discuss the specific challenges and opportunities they see for science educators in France and other countries at a time when science education is more important than ever in the preparation of tomorrow’s global citizens for life in an increasingly technology-dominated world.

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Co-hosted by George DeBakey, President of DeBakey International, is the host and organizer of the edWeb Global community; and Anders Hedberg, President of Hedberg Consulting, is working to connect leaders in STEM education all around the world.

Presented by David Jasmin, Ph. D., Executive Director and Xavier Person, Coordinator, International Relations, La main à la pâte Foundation, Paris, France.

This program is co-hosted by edWeb.net, the Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), and STEMconnector.org.

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