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UNE researcher heads international science education body
August 14, 2006
Dr Terry Lyons from The University of New England has been elected Chair of the International Organisation for Science and Technology Education (IOSTE).
Dr Lyons (pictured here), who served on the board of IOSTE for the past two years, will chair the organisation until 2008. His election took place during the 12th Symposium of IOSTE, held in Penang, Malaysia, earlier this month.
He and Dr Debra Panizzon represented UNE at the Symposium, which was attended by about 200 delegates from more than 30 countries. The focus of the Symposium was "science and technology education in the service of humankind".
IOSTE is the most international of the major science education organisations, promoting dialogue across political and ideological borders. Established in 1979, it encourages informed debate, reflection and research on science and technology education. "The variety of papers presented at the Penang Symposium highlighted the diversity of IOSTE," Dr Lyons said, "and its commitment to exploring science and technology education issues in developed and developing countries alike."
In his inaugural speech, Dr Lyons said he was excited by the challenges of chairing such a large and diverse organisation, and was looking forward to the next IOSTE Symposium in Turkey in 2008.
Dr Lyons is Project Manager of a recently-conducted national survey of science, mathematics, and information and communication technology (ICT) education in rural and regional schools. The Federal Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop, visited UNE last month to launch the survey’s published findings. The National Centre of Science, ICT and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR), from its base at UNE and assisted by its "SiMERR Hubs" at universities in every Australian State and Territory, conducted the National Survey – the largest education survey concerning rural and regional issues ever undertaken in Australia.
Posted by Jim Scanlan at August 14, 2006 04:33 PM