PHYSWARE: A Collaborative Workshop on Low-cost Equipment and Appropriate Technologies that Promote Undergraduate Level, Hands-on Physics Education throughout the Developing World

PHYSWARE: A Collaborative Workshop on Low-cost Equipment and Appropriate Technologies that Promote Undergraduate Level, Hands-on Physics Education throughout the Developing World will take place from 16 - 27 February 2009 in Miramare, Trieste, Italy.

Please inform physics educators in your country to apply for this workshop.

The goal of this workshop is to enhance the quality of physics understanding for students in the developing countries. This workshop will focus on mechanics teaching as the first in a series of international and regional workshops on important physics topics.

Participants will be expected to become leaders of similar efforts in their local regions. During the workshop these teacher-leaders will share and work with prototypes of affordable "hands on" equipment that can be locally adapted for construction by teachers and their students throughout the developing world.

The workshop participants will also develop instructional materials, create construction plans, and ideas for activities to help educators make effective use of the equipment.

 

PARTICIPATION

Scientists and students from all countries which are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA may attend the Workshop. As it will be conducted in English, participants should have an adequate working knowledge of this language. Although the main purpose of the Centre is to help research workers from developing countries, through a programme of training activities within a framework of international cooperation, a limited number of students and post-doctoral scientists from developed countries are also welcome to attend.

As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be borne by the home institution. Every effort should be made by candidates to secure support for their fare. However, limited funds are available for some participants who are nationals of, and working in, a developing country, and who are not more than 45 years old. Such support is available only for those who attend the entire activity. There is no registration fee for this event.
 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

• May be requested only by nationals of and who are working in a developing country.
• The available funding will be used by the Organizers in the best interests of the activity.

REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION

The Application Form to be found at the activity website http://agenda.ictp.it/smr.php?1928  Should be completed and returned before 10 October 2008 by using only one of the following ways.:

If the application is being sent by e-mail: smr1928@ictp.it
Please save and send file attachments exclusively in PDF (preferably) or RTF zipped or MS Word (.doc) format

OR

If the application is being sent by regular or courier mail, it should be posted to:
PHYSWARE
(smr 1928 c/o Ms. Stanka. Tanaskovic)
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Strada Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste, Italy
 

IMPORTANT:
The ICTP will process the application form only if duly filled in all its parts. In particular, it
cannot process any visa request, unless all requested data are provided.

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