Spain

UNESCO Chair in Education Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean (492), established in 1999 at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Spain).

Fields/Disciplines

Education Sciences.

Objectives

  • To study and propose models of natural sciences education allowing to improve quality of education and to promote equal opportunities
  • To design and develop postgraduate programmes of study for the training of trainers of teachers of natural sciences
  • To create and promote in the universities the network of specialists in science didactics.
  • To strengthen national capabilities to adapt the teaching programme of sciences to the realities of the country and to cooperate in the development of didactic material for teachers and students.
  • To optimize resources thanks to the use of the bibliography and databases of the concerned institutions.
  • To design communication material to support the dissemination of teaching knowledge and innovations generated within the framework of the project by teachers of natural sciences.
  • To facilitate the exchanges of teachers among the institutions of the concerned areas to allow them to complete their training, to make them know about other education systems and to develop joint projects.


Host Institution

UNESCO Sector/Field Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Education.

Documents

Progress report 2009 (short version) 

Progress report 2005-2006 (short version)                              

Contact

Prof. José María Sánchez Jimenez, Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Departamento Química-Física
UNESCO Chairholder
E-Mail address - josem.sanchez(at)uah.es
Work Phone - 34-949209736
Fax - 34-949209769
Street - Campus Universitario
City - Madrid
Province/State - Alcalá de Henares
Postal Code - 28801
Country - Spain
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