REPORT ON PROGRESS, CHALLENGES AND
OBSTACLES
THE PROGRAM IN THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE IN
SCHOOL DOMINICAN REPUBLIC "IN CONNECTION
WITH THE VII MEETING OF THE FOCAL POINTS IN
SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM OF IANAS, 12-13
JUNE 2010
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Dr. Nelson Moreno Ceballos
President of the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic
Scientific Chairman of the Wider Caribbean Community (CCC)
Signature of agreement between the
Mexican Academy of Sciences and
Academy of the Dominican Republic as
of November 21, 2007, Mexico.
We proceeded to sign an
interinstitutional agreement between
the Academy of Sciences of the
Dominican Republic and the Ministry of
Education.
Opening of the educational workshops
Creation of the National Committee for
Support of the "Science Teaching in
Schools, February 2009, after two years
of work.
This committee is composed of:
Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic (ACRD)
Ministry of Education (SEE)
Ministry of Higher Education Science and Technology
(SEESCYT)
Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD)
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU)
Institute of Integral Health and Development (INDESUI)
and the National Council of Businessmen (CONEP)
Steering Committee Meeting
Training of 61 teachers and technicians
from the Ministry of the Dominican
Republic by five experts from Chile,
Colombia and Mexico.
Participants were presented with the
experiences of these countries.
19 academics,
technicians and
teachers trained
outside the ECBI
Method
NAME
INSTITUTION
Rincón, Andrea Gisela
SEE
De los Santos, Criselva
SEE
Constancia, Ramona
SEE
Gomera, Nicolás
SEE
Roa, Criseida
SEE
Chávez, Yary
Esc. Luís Bermúdez
Morel, Felipe María
SEE
Then, Nancy
SEE
Feliz, Julio César
UNPHU
Gómez, Juana
UASD
Azor, Santa
SEE
Martínez Cairo, Lidio
ACRD
Alberto, Miledy
UASD
Díaz, Sobeída
SEE
Moreno Ceballos, Nelson
ACRD
Klinger, Eduardo
ACRD
Fulcar, Camila
UASD
Reyes, Amado
ACRD
Matos, Carime
UASD
Involved public authorities and the
National Committee began with the
training that included all teachers,
technicians from the Ministry of
Education, the UASD, the UNPHU and
the Academy of Sciences of the
Dominican Republic.
Training of 60 teachers from 12
schools: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
and Mathematics June-July 2009.
Training of 60 teachers from 12
schools: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
and Mathematics June-July 2009.
The 2nd training to 250 teachers at
the Universidad Autonoma de
Santo Domingo (UASD), Dominican
Republic, from 4 to August 7, 2009
Closing
The National Committee prepares
critical path to start the pilot
program in the 2010-2011 school year
9 Public Schools
2 Experimental High Schools and
Private State University
A Catholic College
A program to develop in 2010 the Program (ECBI).
12 schools selected for the Pilot Program in Science Teaching
in Schools, Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic Elementary School
Republic of Nicaragua Elementary School
Chile's Basic School
Basic School Prof. Juan Bosch
Cristo Rey Parish Primary School
School of Early Education and Basic Leoncio Manzueta (Santa
Cruz)
Domingo Moreno Jimenez Basic School
Luis Arturo Bermúdez Elementary School
Basic School Wall
San Jose School
School of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo
Liceo Experimental National University Pedro Henríquez Ureña.
In the second period, we intend to
integrate the two main universities
in the training of teachers in the
Dominican Republic in their curricula
ECBI Method.
UASD
UNPHU
It was agreed to use the modules:
Chile,
Colombia
and
Mexico,
adapting them to the Dominican
culture. They will then be validated
and retrofitted for use throughout
the country.
To change attitudes, behavior
management and character
development based on values,
the use of a book and validated.
Delivery of the laboratories
donated by Mexico (20) and
Brazil (3)
Barriers, constraints and
challenges
Ignorance by the authorities and teachers of the method and
its advantages ECBI.
Initial resistance.
Postponement of the start of the pilot plan development
progress of the school year when I finish the training process for
teachers and technicians.
Changing the education minister and the process of readjusting
their technical team.
Electoral process.
Slow approvals.
Adaptation of the modules donated by the Ministry of
Education.
Lack of adequate knowledge of teachers in the use of
computers and access to hardware.
Despite all this we have made
and will make every effort to
ensure that these obstacles are
placed in a point not prevent us
to implement fully the pilot plan
designed to start this school year
2010-2011.
To strengthen the startup and
ongoing monitoring of the pilot we
plan to hire two experts from Chile,
for a period of one month in early
August of the school year 2010-2011.
The leaders of the Academy of Sciences of
the Dominican Republic that will monitor
and accompany the 12 schools where the
program will be implemented in Science are:
Dr. Nelson Moreno Ceballos, President
Dr.
Amado
Reyes,
Math
Mr.
Edward
Klinger,
Economist
Mr. Lidio Martínez Cairo, Natural Sciences
All trained in the Method ECBI
Proposal for the assembly of the Ottawa IANAS
I propose five programs for the new period of IANAS:
1. Capacity building and institutional strengthening.
2. The expansion of regional international relations.
3. The development and strategic planning IANAS.
4. The publication of a regional scientific wages.
5. Outreach Program academies wings to influence
national policies on science and technology and
innovation.
6. Stress the need to incorporate the science of
diplomacy in resolving global agreements required to
stop global warming, climate change and preserving
biodiversity and ecosystems.