The World Conference on Physics and Sustainable Development K' Cecire, Hampton Universityken'cecireh

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The World Conference on Physics and Sustainable
DevelopmentK. Cecire, Hampton University ken.cec
ire_at_hamptonu.edu
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A strange journey
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So what happened?
Day 1 Plenary Talks and Posters Mathew Malata
discusses his experience in mounting in-service
physics teacher workshops and programs in Zambia.
Mathew is the Chairperson of the Zambia
Association of Science Education (ZASE) and
teaches physics at a government high school in a
poor section of Lusaka. Day 2 Breakout Planning
Sessions Pilot Teacher Workshops...The discussion
in this group centers on how to design and
implement teacher workshops using available
resources that are in-line with ideas developed
at the conference for topics and pedagogies.
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Physics Education Action Plans

• International and Regional Resource Centers
• Instructional materials
• Active learning
• PER-based
• Relate physics and development
• Mobile Science
• Model Worksops for Teacher-trainers
• COSM-ZASE model is part of pilot workshops
• Pilot Workshops in Africa, Asia, Latin America