New Organization Available
Polar Educators International
For further information or to become a member, please email:
polareducators [at] gmail.com.
Or ask to join the group's Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/247660677828.
Polar Educators International (PEI) announces the establishment of a
formal international professional network for those that educate in,
for, and about the polar regions.
Membership is open to everyone in the polar science and science
education communities. The founding members come from polar and
non-polar nations such as Belgium, the United Kingdom, India, Italy, the
United States, Canada, Norway, and Portugal. The new group draws
together museums, schools, science centers, formal and informal
education, expeditions, NGOs, companies, and governmental and nonprofit
organizations. Working across national, disciplinary, and age
boundaries, PEI wants to improve science education for the next
generation of policymakers, entrepreneurs, explorers, citizen
scientists, journalists, and educators.
The new group, which consists of more than 200 leading educators and
scientists, will develop innovative teaching resources and practices
designed to bring the importance of the polar regions closer to home. We
intend to excite students about learning and about their planet, and
thereby change the terms of debate, and the framework of education, to
rekindle student and public engagement with global environmental
changes.
The PEI Steering Committee is currently doing strategic planning,
planning for upcoming conference and polar events, developing a formal
web presence, and building the network of polar educators and
scientists.
For further information or to become a member, please email:
polareducators [at] gmail.com.
Or ask to join the group's Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/247660677828.
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