For your convenience we have compiled a concise list of upcoming Science Education conferences of 2013 and early 2014. The list has been tailored specifically for the needs of the UNAWE community and includes only conferences relevant for those involved in primary school-level science education, covering a broad range of topics such as teacher-scientist partnerships, children's media, science for children with special needs and much more. The list includes our very own annual EU-UNAWE workshop in October, so make sure you save space in your diary! More information about this event will be coming soon.
For ease of use we the conferences are listed in chronological order.
International Teacher-Scientist Partnership Conference
Date: 13 February 2013
Location: Boston, USA
Teachers and scientists are brought together to learn from each other, create new partnerships and discuss the role of teacher-scientist partnerships within science education.
EU SCIENCE: Global Challenges, Global Collaboration Conference
Date: 4 – 8 March 2013
Location: Brussel, Belgium
Science communicators and educatiors from across 100 countries will have the opportunity to meet and team up to help tackle societal issues through scientific research and innovation.
New Perspective in Science Education
Date: 14 - 15 March 2013
Location: Florence, Italy
This conference aims to promote transnational cooperation in science education and allows teachers, researchers, experts in the field to meet coordinators of science training projects from around the world to share best practice and present ongoing projects in the field.
Developing the Scientific Mind (BtSM2013)
Date: 27 - 31 May 2013
Location: Jawa Barat, Indonesia
BtSM2013 will bring together a diverse international group of educators and communicators in science, humanities and art to meet and exchange of ideas and experiences about: failures of formal education and how to correct them, the importance of an integral learning landscape, comprising both formal and informal environments, building the scientific mind for people with special needs and much more.
Date: 20 -24 July 2013
Location: San Jose, USA
The conference concentrates on the issue of increasing science literacy worldwide through engagement in astronomy.
Date: 7 - 9 July 2013
Location: Sheffield, UK
Covering all aspects of the children's media industry, from the business side to the creative elements, including animation and IPhone apps, children's literature and magazines – there's something for everyone.
Global Hands on Universe Conference
Date: 29 July – 2 August 2013
Location: Volos, Greece
"From Telescopes to Accelerators - Enhancing Science Education by Exploring Science's Past, Present, and Future" will be the topic of this astronomy-oriented science education conference. However training sessions will take place for teachers in other areas of science and technology: maths, chemistry, physics, natural sciences, biology and environment, new technologies and more.
EU-UNAWE International Conference
Date: 7 – 11 October 2013
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
The programme will include a number of talks and discussions covering all areas of astronomy education, with special emphasis on the problems in astronomy education and proposed solutions. More information about the conference will be coming soon.
Date: 14 – 18 October 2013
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Participants will consider the challenges of communication astronomy and space exploration to the public, as well as the influence science outreach and education have.
2014 Bremen Symposium on Chemistry and Science Education
Date: 19 - 21 June 2014
Location: Bremen, Germany
Will evaluate the outcome of conferences held between 2002-2012 and outline strategies focusing Education for Sustainable Development within science education. The topics covered included: the direction of science education, what makes successful science learning and the role of research in science education.
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