Space and education
3 April 2000 - 3 April 2000
Representatives from a number of space agencies from around the world will share ideas with businessmen and teachers in Bischoffsheim, France, from 3 to 5 April at a symposium on 'Space and Education'.
The event should provide a forum for the participants to share their ideas, programmes and strategies to meet the needs of primary and secondary school pupils and university students as well as providing in-service training for professionals in the space industry.
'Space activities play a key role in prompting explorers, pioneers and inventors to press forward, to provide a source of innovation at the service of mankind and improve our quality of life', says the European Space Agency.
'The space industry and space agencies can contribute to national education by providing and maintaining programmes at all levels and using the most effective teaching methods to foster enthusiasm for space among the young and encourage them to work in that sector later.'
The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is organising the event, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and the International Space University (ISU).
For further information, please visit the European Space Agency web pages at:
URL: http://www.esa.int(opens in new window)
or, the CNES web pages at:
URL: http://www.cnes.fr(opens in new window)
The event should provide a forum for the participants to share their ideas, programmes and strategies to meet the needs of primary and secondary school pupils and university students as well as providing in-service training for professionals in the space industry.
'Space activities play a key role in prompting explorers, pioneers and inventors to press forward, to provide a source of innovation at the service of mankind and improve our quality of life', says the European Space Agency.
'The space industry and space agencies can contribute to national education by providing and maintaining programmes at all levels and using the most effective teaching methods to foster enthusiasm for space among the young and encourage them to work in that sector later.'
The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is organising the event, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and the International Space University (ISU).
For further information, please visit the European Space Agency web pages at:
URL: http://www.esa.int(opens in new window)
or, the CNES web pages at:
URL: http://www.cnes.fr(opens in new window)