The Teaching Science web portal is a joint project between ICSU and the
Inter-Academy Panel for international affairs (IAP),
in collaboration with the French project "La
main à la pâte". It developed out of an initiative
by ICSU’s former Committee on Capacity Building in Science (CCBS)
to provide a single comprehensive source of information on primary school
science education across the world. It includes information on education
systems and ‘hands on’ science education programmes from many
countries and should be of interest to all those interested in the policy
aspects and implementation of science education.
The portal also includes comprehensive information on the many science
education and training activities that are being carried out by the ICSU
membership – international science unions and national science bodies.
This information extends beyond the primary school level and includes
a broad range of, secondary, tertiary and post-graduate level initiatives.
In effect, the portal is a ‘clearing house’ for information
on what these organizations, representing millions of scientists across
the globe, are doing to help develop the next generation of scientists.
