ISEC 2024: International Science Education Conference 2024 Singapore National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, June 24-26, 2024 |
Conference website | https://isec2024singapore.org/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isec2024singapore |
Conference program | https://easychair.org/smart-program/ISEC2024Singapore/ |
Abstract registration deadline | January 11, 2024 |
Submission deadline | January 11, 2024 |
Early Bird Registration Deadline | April 23, 2024 |
Theme: Science Education's Responses to the Post-Truth Era
The Oxford Dictionaries define “post-truth” as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”. The first quarter of the 21st century has already demonstrated the challenges of navigating a post-truth era with examples such as the differing opinions and responses held by governments and citizens towards public health safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the prevalence of deep fakes on social media platforms enabled by the accessibility of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Given these challenges of the 21st century, what should be the role of science education in helping people navigate the post-truth era? ISEC 2024, through the theme of “Science Education’s Responses to the Post-Truth Era”, invites science education scholars to propose, deliberate and critique ways to achieve appropriate and relevant roles that science education should take within the next decade in the post-truth era, through the following strands.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
Individual paper (25 minutes)
- The paper is presented by an individual author or co-authors.
- Each presentation is allocated 20 minutes and there will be 5 minutes of Q&A.
- Typically, three individual paper presentations belonging to the same strand, are grouped together in one 90-minute concurrent session.
Symposium (80 minutes)
- The symposium is presented by multiple authors or co-author groups. Each 80-minute symposium comprises 3 or 4 presentations.
- In addition to the abstracts for the individual presentations, the symposium proposal should include one 250-350-word integrative statement describing the overall theme of the symposium and connections between the presentations.
Poster
- A single author or group of co-authors may prepare a poster for an interactive session.
- Handouts may be prepared for dissemination to interested audience.
List of Topics
We invite presentations on the theme of Science Education’s Responses to the Post-truth Era in the form of an individual paper, a poster, or a symposium, under one of the following strands/topics in science education (more information):
- Science Teacher Professional Development and Teacher Education
- Curriculum and Policy
- Assessment and Evaluation
- New Media and Technologies
- Science in Informal Settings
- Nature of Science (NOS), History, Philosophy and Sociology
- Science Teaching and Learning
Keynote Speakers
- Maria Pilar Jiménez-Aleixandre (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
- Jinwoong Song (Seoul National University, South Korea)
- Noah Weeth Feinstein (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
- Hannah Sevian (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA)
- Yew-Jin Lee (National Institute of Education,Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Publication
Presenters of accepted abstracts may also wish to submit a full paper for inclusion in the International Science Education Conference (ISEC) 2024 Proceedings which will be made available online after the conference. Only papers that have been presented at the conference will be included in the Proceedings (Note: All abstracts with at least one registered author will be included in the Conference Programme whether or not a full paper is submitted). The Proceedings will be published with an ISBN. The manuscript should be 4,000 to 6,000 words in length and should be formatted following the latest APA guidelines.
In addition, We will be inviting selected presenters at the ISEC 2024 conference to submit a manuscript (approximately 6,000 to 8,000 words) for a special issue of Pedagogies: An International Journal. Learn more »
Venue
The conference will be held in-person at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Contact
All queries should be emailed to ISEC 2024 Secretariat at isec2024@nie.edu.sg