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AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future Generations

AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future Generations. World Science Forum 2005 Session 6. What is AAAS?. World’s largest general scientific society (serving 10 million worldwide) International in membership and scope Publisher of Science magazine (circulation reaches over 1 million)

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AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future Generations

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  1. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future Generations World Science Forum 2005 Session 6

  2. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 What is AAAS? • World’s largest general scientific society (serving 10 million worldwide) • International in membership and scope • Publisher of Science magazine (circulation reaches over 1 million) • Annual meeting draws nearly 10,000 participants, 1,000 journalists www.aaas.org

  3. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 AAAS Mission To advance science and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people

  4. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 AAAS Programs • Science and public policy • Human rights • Public engagement • Science education • Career development • International initiatives

  5. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 AAAS Educational Goals - Lifelong Learning for All People • Improving science literacy • Turning kids on early and sustaining their interest • Shaping career pathways • Ensuring a future workforce • Communicating science for lifelong engagement

  6. Working Worldwide AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6

  7. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 Improving public science literacy • Overall educational system reform • “Informal” science education – museums, media • Benchmarks for what young people need to know

  8. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 Project 2061 “…single most visible attempt at science education reform in American history” (OECD, 1996)

  9. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6

  10. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6

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  13. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 On-Line Resources Science NetLinks www.sciencenetlinks.com Science Books and Films www.sbfonline.com/bestlists.htm Science On-Line scienceonline.org Kinetic City www.kineticcity.com

  14. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6

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  16. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 AAAS Center for Careers in Science and Engineering • Increase the talent pool and its effectiveness • Provide resources and advice across the entire career span • Provide job finding help

  17. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 Career Development Programs • Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP): increasing minority Ph.D. graduatesCanon National Parks Science Scholars: conservation scholarships Commission on Professionals in Science & Technology: education and trainingENTRY POINT!: internships for students with disabilitiesGlobal Alliance for Diversifying the Science & Engineering Workforce: for women worldwideMass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program: in newsrooms across the countryMerck/AAAS Research Program: supports interaction between biology and chemistry departmentsMinority Scientists Network: a collaborative effort with Science's Next WaveRoadmaps & Rampways: profiles of students with disabilitiesScience, Tech & Disability: internships for students with disabilities

  18. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6

  19. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6 Communicating science • Improve accessibility of science • Engage the public

  20. AAAS Efforts Toward Educating Future GenerationsWorld Science Forum 2005 -- Session 6

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