[CESElist] International Geoscience Education Organisation conf in Johannesburg, South Africa 2010
Robert M. Ross
rmr16 at cornell.edu
Thu Sep 3 16:00:12 MDT 2009
The 6th Quadrennial Conference of the International Geoscience Education
Organisation (IGEO) will be held at the University of the Witwatersrand
in Johannesburg, South Africa 30 August to 3 September 2010!
The theme of the conference will be "Geoscience Education - Developing
the World."
If you are a geoscience educator, this is an outstanding opportunity to
meet with leaders in geoscience education from across the world, while
visiting one of the world's most fascinating and geologically
significant regions. If you've ever considered visiting South Africa,
this is the time to go!
The official website --
http://web.wits.ac.za/NewsRoom/Conferences/GeoSciEd -- has details of
the meeting, including topics of concentration during the conference, a
general schedule, information about the field trip, and information
about traveling to the conference. Registration for the conference
hasn't opened yet, but will be possible at the website. In the meantime,
if you have questions about the conference, you may address them to
witsgeoutreach at gmail.com. Or you may contact the organizers at the
University of the Witwatersrand, Dr. Ian McKay
(witsgeoutreach at gmail.com) and Professor Gillian Drennan
(Gillian.Drennan at wits.ac.za), School of Geosciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Wits 2050, South Africa.
During the five day conference there will be four days of presentations,
with three sessions and a workshop running concurrently each day, plus
one all day field trip for all attendees. There will also be a variety
of optional one-day, two-day, and six-day field trips before and after
the conference. The six day field trips include one to Cape Town and
Kwa-Zulu Natal before the meeting, and one to Mpumulanga after the meeting.
The aims of the International Geoscience Education Organisation are to
promote geoscience education internationally at all levels, to work for
enhancement of the quality of geoscience education internationally, and
to encourage developments raising public awareness of geoscience,
particularly amongst younger people. You can learn more about the IGEO
at the organization website, http://geoscied.org/index.htm. The IGEO is
affiliated to and sponsored by the International Union of Geological
Sciences (IUGS).
--
Robert M. Ross
Associate Director for Outreach
Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
voice: 607-273-6623 x18
FAX: 607-273-6260
On Exhibit Now at Museum of the Earth:
A Forest Journey Also on exhibit: Wood Sculptures by local artist June Szabo
June 20-2009 - September 20, 2009
Made possible through the generosity of Tompkins Trust Company, the Nelson B. Delavan Foundation, and Tompkins County Tourism Grants.
Mon. - Sat. 10 am - 5pm and Sun. 11 am - 5 pm.
Visit us on the web at www.MuseumOfTheEarth.org
Museum of the Earth is part of Ithaca's Discovery Trail -- Learm more at www.DiscoveryTrail.net
Teacherfriendlyguide.org and VirtualFieldWork.org
InformalEarthScience.org
More information about the CESElist
mailing list