International Council of Associations for Science Education

World Conference

World Conferences

ICASE 2010, the World Conference on Science and Technology Education, follows on from previous ICASE World Conferences held in Penang, Malaysia (2003) and Perth, Australia, (2007). It will bring together policy makers, curriculum developers, scientists, science teacher educators and researchers, science teacher association personnel and of course primary and secondary science teachers.

The 2003 conference led to the development and dissemination of the Penang Declaration and a Way Forward document suggesting pathways for Partnerships to promote Science Education. Following the Perth 2007 conference in Australia, the Perth Declaration expressed concern for the current state of science education, especially related to its popularity among students. The declaration made recommendations for the future. Issues stemming from this, to put before policy makers, were further developed in an accompanying forum under the auspices of UNESCO. This led to the UNESCO publication Science Education policy-making: Eleven emerging issues.

Further information can be found on the:

http://www.icase2010.org