Cell Biol Educ 3(2): 139-140 2004
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© 2004 American Society for Cell Biology
BioEd 2004: Biology, Sustainable Development, Ethics and Citizenship
To address the urgent questions of today, the most extensive possible
debate is needed. The International Conference, BioEd 2004: Biological
Education, Sustainable Development, Ethics and Citizenship, aims to provide
such a forum.
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CONFERENCE GOALS
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- Explore the linkages among biological sciences, the environment,
sustainable development, and society
- Promote bioliteracy and biology education reforms that integrate biology,
sustainability, health, well-being, ethics, and citizenship
- Make recommendations for improving biology education worldwide in support
of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainability, adopted for 2005-2015.
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CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
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- Prepare an agenda for biological education in sustainable development,
ethics, and citizenship
- Develop guidelines for implementing this agenda in developed and developing
countries
- Involve leaders in science and society in the full range of the educational
enterprise, from formal (intermediate and secondary schools, colleges, and
graduate institutions) to informal, including public education, and training
in environmental education, biological education, agricultural education,
health education, and engineering education
- Address the question of identifying essential knowledge about the
environment, sustainability, health, and well-being
- Address the roles of science and values in education, while exploring the
use of new educational technologies and pedagogical methods
- Explore and evaluate the diversity of approaches and themes, encouraging
participants to discover the shared ground of different themes and
approaches
- Make recommendations on how to develop bioliteracy, with special reference
to sustainability, ethics, and citizenship
- Prepare a report and distribute it widely, via hardcopy, the Web, and
briefings and presentations to policy and decision makers at national and
international levels.
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PARTICIPANTS
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The Conference will bring together approximately 300-500 bioscientists,
biology educators and teacher-trainers, policy-makers, business people, and
media specialists, as well as philosophers, theologians, and ethicists.
Participants from around the world will be invited to report on their
research, experiments, and practical and empirical results and demonstrate
educational materials and methodologies (posters, videos, exhibits, theater,
etc.).
- Biological education, health, and well-being
- Biological education, environment, and sustainability
- Biological education, agriculture, nutrition, and food security
- Biological education in the modern age of information and communication
technologies
- Biological education, ethics, and citizenship
Working groups will be established, involving chair persons and reporters
of various symposia and workshops to draw up conclusions and recommendations
for adoption at the final plenary session of the conference.
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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- Michael Atchia Mauritius & IUBS CBE/Former
Chairman
- Erwin Beck Germany & IUBS
- Pierre Clément France, University of
Lyon
- André Giordan France/Switzerland, IUBS CBE
Chairman, LDES, University of Geneva
- Braulio Dias Brazil, MMA, Vice President, IUBS
- Danielle Grynzspan Brazil, Fondacao Oswaldo Cruz,
Rio de Janeiro
- Orlando Rose Hall Costa Rica, Chief, Science
Education Division, UNESCO
- Motonori Hoshi Japan, IUBS
- Myriam Krasylchik Brazil, University of Sao
Paulo
- Keiko Nakamura Japan, IUBS CBE
- N.M. Ramaswamy India
- Faqir Vohra Malaysia, IUBS CBE
- Wake Marvalee USA & IUBS
- Talal Younès Lebanon/France & IUBS
Executive Director
Those interested in taking part in the BioEd 2004 conference may find
information at the IUBS-CBE Web site:
www.iubs.org/test/BioEd%202004/frBioEd2004.htm.
For further details, please contact Faqir Vohra, Secretary-General,
CBE-IUBS, at
fcvohra1{at}comcast.net.
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FOOTNOTES
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Organized by the International Union of Biological Sciences Commission for
Biological Education With the cosponsorship of Fiocruz Foundation, IUBS,
UNESCO, and the LDES, University of Geneva
18 September 2004
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
www.iubs.org/test/BioEd%202004/frBioEd2004.htm.
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