Index Presentations are organized according with the order they were made during the event. I. Key Issues for Designing and Implementing Professional Development Programs for Hands-on Inquiry Based Science Education. II. Strategies for Linking Universities, School Districts and Institutes for Inquiry to Establish Effective Teachers’ Professional Development Programs. III. Support to Facilitate the Work for Inquiry Based Science Education into the Classroom. IV. Professional Development Programs. The Role of Universities Training Pre-service Teachers. V. NSRC-Implementing Science and Technology for Children: International Experiences and Teachers’ Professional Development. VI. Inquiry Based Science Education Projects in Spain and Latin America. Teachers’ Professional Development, Lessons Learned. VII. The World Wide Web as a Support for Teachers’ Professional Development. VIII. The Role of Authorities, Community and Parents.   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I. Key Issues for Designing and Implementing Professional Development Programs for Hands-on Inquiry Based Science Education. ● Helping Teachers to use Assessment for Learning in Inquiry-Based Science Wynne Harlen ● The NSRC Professional Development Center: Working to Improve the Quality of Inquiry Science Teaching and Learning David Marsland II. Strategies for Linking Universities, School Districts and Institutes for Inquiry to Establish Effective Teachers’ Professional Development Programs. ● Providing and Sustaining Effective Professional Development in Science. Olga Maria Amaral ● The California Science Project. Maria Freeman Go back up III. Support to Facilitate the Work for Inquiry Based Science Education into the Classroom. ● Lesson Study: A New Frontier for the Professional Development of Teachers. Olga Maria Amaral ● The Intersection of Policy and Practice in Teacher Education: Perspectives from the Work of the U.S. National Research Council. Jay B. Labov ● Dinámica del Programa Enciclomedia. Martín Casillas de Alba, Guadalupe Hernández Luviano    IV. Professional Development Programs. The Role of Universities Training Pre-service Teachers. ● Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Pre-service Science Teachers. Leslie Garrison ● University Connections: Pre-service Teacher Training. Adrienne Rodriguez-Zermeno, Phillip Dukes, Ruth Hunter ● School University Collaborations at UTEP: Problem-Based Learning in Teacher Preparation for Science and Mathematics. Josefina Tinajero, Bill Robertson, Olga Kosheleva ● The NTA program- A Swedish School Improvement Program for Science Education, The Compulsary school, Kindergarten- grade 9. Kerstin Reimstad Go back up V. NSRC-Implementing Science and Technology for Children: International Experiences and Teachers’ Professional Development. ● Programa de Educación en Ciencias basada en la Indagación ECBI-Chile Rosa Devés, Patricia López VI. Inquiry Based Science Education Projects in Spain and Latin America. Teachers’ Professional Development, Lessons Learned. ● ABC en la Educación Científica-Manos a la Obra / Río de Janeiro: Educación Científica al Alcance de Todos, Bajo una Perspectiva Humanista y Ciudadana. Danielle Grynszpan   VII. The World Wide Web as a Support for Teachers’ Professional Development. ● La Escuela Virtual LAMAP: El Internet al servicio de la formación de los maestros. Carolina Vallejo VIII. The Role of Authorities, Community and Parents. ● La Participación de la Sociedad Civil como Motor del Proyecto Colombiano Pequeños Científicos. Cristina Carulla, Mauricio Duque, José Tiberio Hernández, María Figueroa, Mariana Tafur ● INNOVEC en la Promoción y Consolidación de los SEVIC en México. Leopoldo Rodríguez Sánchez Go back up