Middle-East Teachers of Science, Mathematics and Computing

METSMaC 2006 Conference

"Making Connections"

The Beach Rotana Hotel and Towers, Abu Dhabi

March 14-16 2006

Patron

His Excellency, Yousef Omair bin Yousef

Secretary General of the Supreme Petroleum Council, Chief Executive Officer of ADNOC and Chairman, PI Governing Board

The Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi invites you to be part of METSMaC 2006, the Second Annual Conference of Middle East Teachers of Science, Mathematics and Computing. Join colleagues involved in the teaching of mathematics, the sciences, and computing at the upper secondary, foundation/pre-university, and the early years of college/university levels from across the United Arab Emirates, elsewhere in the Middle East and overseas, to:

• exchange ideas, techniques and methods related to science, mathematics and computing education;

• learn new and/or different general teaching techniques aimed at improving classroom teaching and classroom discipline that can be applied to the teaching of any science, mathematics and computing class

• learn practical ways to improve science, mathematics and computing teaching and learning;

• understand how new approaches to the teaching of science, mathematics and computing supports and improves classroom practice;

• discuss key issues in the science, mathematics and computing education;

• build professional networks.

Conference language: English (Arabic translation will be available)

Invited Speakers

Dr. Jere Confrey: Washington University in St. Louis, USA - Plenary Speaker

Dr. Paul Ernest: University of Exeter, UK - Mathematics Keynote Speaker

Dr. Marjan Zadnik: Curtin University of Technology, Australia - Science Keynote Speaker

Dr. David Marsh: University of Jyväskylä, Finland - General Keynote Speaker

Mr. Michael Aston: Information Technology in Education Consultant, UK - Computing Keynote Speaker

Proceedings

The proceedings for all METSMaC Conferences are available on the METSMaC Main Page.  In the left frame click on the button for Conference Proceedings.

• METSMaC 2006 - The proceedings are available through the table of contents given above, and the entire proceedings are also downloadable in a single large pdf file.

• METSMaC 2005 - Information on METSMaC 2005 is still available along with the proceedings (in a single large pdf file) and the conference handbook. You can also read a summary report on the last METSMaC conference by going to the METSMaC 2005 Report. 

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Last updated June 19, 2006