The Pearson Foundation/CCSSO International Conference on Math and Science Education
To meet the challenges of the 21st century, educators need the best ideas from an increasingly inclusive and interconnected world. That’s why the Pearson Foundation is proud to sponsor the International Conference on Math and Science Education, April 28-May 1, 2008, in Singapore.
Created in partnership with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the International Conference on Math and Science Education convenes delegations from leading countries to share and consider key educational, assessment, and professional development practices that ensure student success in mathematics and science education.
At the conference, small working teams present and share best practices from their countries; learn from each other ways in which they can improve their own local efforts; and—as the conference concludes--make recommendations that can be shared with an even broader group about methods, practice, and policy in math and science education.
Delegates from countries including Brazil, Canada, England, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States will have the chance to meet together and:
- Present their educational system’s successful approach to mathematics education;
- Share their responses and practices with other delegates who offer similar presentations based on their own educational systems’ experiences;
- Meet with world experts to further refine and extend their approaches;
- Work with the Pearson Foundation, and with the Council of Chief State School Officers, to document these proceedings and distribute the results in print and online materials, which will be published collaboratively by the Pearson Foundation and the CCSSO and shared worldwide.
This group will also have the unique opportunity to discuss the most current research around math and science education including the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results, an international science assessment survey. In addition, delegates will tour several innovative sites while in Singapore including the Crescent City Girls School and the National Institute of Education – the only teacher training facility in Singapore.
