SMEC

"Sciences serving science: Cross-disciplinary issues in mathematics and science education" is the third in a series of biennial international Science and Mathematic Education Conferences (SMEC) that have been hosted by the Centre for the Advancement of Science Teaching and Learning (CASTeL), of Dublin City University & St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra.

SMEC 2008 will address the issues of sciences serving science, exploring questions such as transfer of knowledge and skills between disciplines, breadth versus depth in science curricula and the implications of these issues in regard to teacher education.

CONFERENCE THEMES:

Papers are invited which relate to any such issues, but in particular those which will focus on:

• Breadth versus depth in science curricula
• Transfer of knowledge & skills between disciplines
• Interdisciplinarity & multidisciplinarity
• Subsidiary subjects in science
• Implications for teacher education

Previous conferences in this series addressed the need for improving science, mathematics and technology education through high quality research and deployment in our education system (SMEC 2004) and the interconnections between teaching and learning of mathematics and science at all education levels (SMEC 2006).