Abstract
Future events for science teachers which will promote the profession and raise awareness of the dedication of teachers over the years are currently in preparation. The first of these is a Festival to be held in 2001 to mark the centenary of the formation of the Association of Public School Science Masters (precursor of the UK's Association for Science Education). The festival will take the form of an exhibition with related events and publications focusing on the lives and work of science teachers. As there has been a heavy emphasis on the curriculum in recent years, this event is in part an attempt to refocus attention on the contributions of teachers themselves.
Besides the proposed exhibition of books, equipment, photographs and apparatus (plus an accompanying catalogue which may be in the form of a CD-ROM) there will be talks and symposia, publications and possibly a book and TV/radio documentaries. The whole event will be inaugurated at the ASE's annual meeting in January 2001, and during the preparation for the festival an opportunity will be taken to establish a National Archive on the Teaching of Science. Interested teachers are now being encouraged to participate in the plans for the festival, and they should contact Mick Nott at the Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2FL (email: m.nott@shu.ac.uk) for further details or addition to the mailing list.
`School Links International 1999' is a celebration of school science across the world, as part of the Science 2000+ project being coordinated by Unesco, ICASE and the ASE. Groups of students from different cultures throughout the world will be working together on the same project-sharing ideas, and at the same time learning about each other as well as their science. Schools can take part by making use of a link they already have, after finding their own link, or by using the project to find a link for them. All participants will receive certificates, whilst the best group will be part of an international ceremony. Anyone wishing to join the project or just find out more should write to Caroline McGrath, The Science Centre, Runnymede Centre, Chertsey Road, Addlestone, Weybridge KT15 2EP.