Martin Bílek (born December 5^th, 1964, Hořice, Czech Republic) is the professor at University of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic), Faculty of Education, Department of Chemistry (head of Section for Chemistry Didactics), Rokitanského 62, CZ-500 03 Hradec Králové, CZ, martin.bilek@uhk.cz and the professor at University J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic), Faculty of Education, Department of Pedagogy, Hoření 10, CZ-400 96 Ústí nad Labem, CZ.
Education:

Graduated as teacher of chemistry and physics for secondary school at Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Hradec Králové (M. Ed., 1988), his Ph.D. in pedagogy/educational technology he received at Pedagogical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague (1996), Assoc. Prof. (habilitation, 1999) and Prof. (inauguration, 2006) in didactics of chemistry at Faculty of Natural Sciences of the M. Bel University in Banská Bystrica (SK).
Topics of scientific and pedagogical activities:

His scientific and pedagogical activities are focused on didactics of chemistry (curricular approach, mind maps, learning from graphical presentation etc.) and ICT in science education (computer supported class chemical experiment, Internet in science education, tutorial software etc.).

Membership in societies and boards:

Selected publications (about 150 research and pedagogical publications):

Bilek, M. et al.: Selected Aspects of Visualization in Science Education. Publisher M&V, Hradec Kralove, 2007. 

Bilek, M.: Chemistry Didactics – Research and Education. Publisher M&V, Hradec Kralove, 2003.

Set of textbooks for primary chemistry education “Chemistry Step by Step / Chemistry Everywhere” (in cooperation with J. Rychtera), Publisher MobyDick, Prague, 1999 – 2000.

Bilek, M. et al.: Chemistry Education with Computer. Publisher Gaudeamus, Hradec Kralove, 1997.

Bilek, M. et al.: Psychogenetic Aspects of Chemistry Didactics. Publisher Gaudeamus, Hradec Kralove, 2001.

E-mail: andris.broks@lu.lv

Andris Broks (born August 12^th,  1942,  Valka,  Latvia) is the professor at Latvia University, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Zellu 8, Riga, LV-1002.
Education:
1960-65 Latvia State university, Faculty of physics and mathematics - higher education in physics, qualification solid state physics.
1969-72 Latvia State university, doctor studies in solid state physics.
Academic and scientific grades:
1974  Candidate of physics and mathematics sciences, solid state physics, Latvia State university.
1981  Docent, Latvia State university (LSU).
1992  Docent, University of Latvia (UL).
1992  Doctor of Physics, University of Latvia.
2001  Associate Professor of Physics Didactics, University of Latvia.
 

Peter Demkanin (born in 1966 in Bratislava, Slovakia), assistant professor at Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Main interest: Effective use of MBL (Data Loggers) in science education, mainly working with CMA Coach and Vernier products.
Experience:

E-mail: janis.gedrovics@apollo.lv

Janis Gedrovics (born 01.11.1944, Gdansk, Poland), assoc. Professor (Didactics of Chemistry) at Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (since 1998). He has worked as teacher of Chemistry at Upper Secondary School (1968-1971; 1990-1997; 1998-2003), Resercher at Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (1972-1986), vice-rector at Institute of In-service-training (1986-1991).
Scientific and academic Degrees: Dr.chem. (1993; former Cand.Sci. Chem., 1978),  M.A. (pedagogics, 1994).
Scientific interests: Science Didactics (since January 2003), Pedagogical Ergonomics (since Sept. 2000), Subject Integration (mainly 1994-2000), Phosphate Chemistry (1972-1986).
Scholarships: ERASMUS (Teacher Mobility, June 2003, Germany), Visby-scholarship (Sept.1997-May 1998, Sweden), Nordic Council of Ministers scholarship (sept 1995 – Jan 1996, Sweden).
Scientific activities: Member of ESERA (since 1999), Member of Swedish Science Didactics society (since 2002), Member of the Editorial Board Journal of Baltic Science Education (since 2002) and Gamtamokslinis ugdymas/ Natural Science Education (since 2004).
Scientific Publications: about 50 scientific and methodological articles in analytical and inorganic chemistry (1972-1987) and 70 articles in science didactics and pedagogical ergonomics (since 1994). Some most relevant publications are:

Todar Lakhvich is the Head of Chemistry Department, Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, Republic of Belarus. He is an Associate Professor from 2000.

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WEB page: http://www.lamanauskas.projektas.lt

E-mail: aadu.ott@ped.gu.se 

Paul Pace, B.Ed. (Hons.), M Ed., Ph.D.: is the Director of CEER (Centre for Environmental Education and Research). He has been very active inenvironmental education as chairperson of Malta’s National Environmental Education Strategy (NEES), founder of the Malta Association of Environmental Educators (MAEE) and as a researcher at the Faculty of Education, University of Malta where he is a senior lecturer inenvironmental education and science education.
Appointed Eko Skola National Coordinator for Nature Trust (Malta), he is also a member of the National Commission for Sustainable Development, vice-chair of the Environment Commission of the Maltese Archdiocese and a Member of the National Commission for Sustainable Development. Member in several editorial boards of international journals of environmental education and science education, he is also founder member of the Working Group of the European Foundation of Education and Sustainable Development. He also co-ordinates the Education Minor Area in the MA (Islands and Small States Studies) and is responsible for several in-service courses focusing on whole school approaches to environmental education. He was involved in several local and foreign projects aimed at the development of curriculum material for environmental education and works actively with teachers in the implementation of environmental and science school policies.

Valfrids Paškevičs, (born August 7 ^th, 1950, Ilūkste, Latvia) is the professor at Daugavpils University, Faculty of  Natural Sciences and Mathematics, head of Physic’s department, chairman of  DU  Senate,  Parades 1, Daugavpils LV-5400, LATVIA; phone: +371 9448444,  +371 54 20111.

Participation in the international projects (1997-2006): 
1. SUPERCOMET (2005 – 2006)
2. Partially integrated natural sciences in teacher training   (1997 – 2001)
3. Modern technologies in education (1997 – 2000)

Membership:
* Latvian State Committee of Scientific Qualification (2000-2004);
* Latvian Physics Society:
* Latvian Professors Association                           

Jongwon Park (born in 1960, Seoul, Korea) Professor of Department of Physics Education, Vice Dean of College of Education at the Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.

Education:

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Major Publications from 2000:

E-mail: Pavol.Prokop@savba.sk

Laima Railienė,

E-mail: miia.rannikmae@ut.ee

Miia Rannikmäe is holding a permanent  position of senior researcher in the Center for Science Education  of the University of Tartu, Estonia. Her first degree was in chemistry, MA in education and PhD in science education,  all from the University of Tartu. She is an experienced teacher, educator and secondary school teacher,  teaching at under- and post graduate levels, supervising  MSc and PhD students. Currently she is holding  research grants  about the formation of scientific literacy and relevance of science eduaction, earlier projects were on students cognitive development in science. She has been involved in several EU, British Council and UNESCO projects.
1998-2004 she was the  ICASE European representative, since 2004 executive secretary for ICASE. She is the organiser of several international workshops and meetings, being active in IOSTE as an Eastern European representaive. She is also the founder and head of  the UNESCO Associated Center for Science Eduaction and Microscience Experiments in the University of Tartu,a member of the Baltic Council of Chemistry Teaching. In 2003 she worked as an Fulbright scholar in the University of Iowa. 2003 -2005 she was member of High Level Group  on Increasing Human Resources for Science and Technology in Europe  for European Commission.

Alona Rauckienė, is the Head of Department of Education Methodologies, Assoc. prof. at Faculty of Pedagogy, Klaipeda University. She is a Member of Association for Teacher Education In Europe /ATEE/.

Other activities:
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Kurt Riquarts studied history and physics education. After working in curriculum development and evaluation projects, he is now a senior researcher at the Institute for Science Education (IPN) at Kiel University. His research interest is in educational policy and evaluation. His recent English publications include Framework for Science Education in Germany (Kiel: IPN, 4^th ed. 2003) with Carsten Wadewitz, and Teaching as a Reflective Practice: The German Didaktik Tradition (Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum, 2000) co-edited by Ian Westbury and Stefan Hopmann. Dr. Riquarts is past-chair of the International Organization for Science and Technology Education (IOSTE).

Heimo Saarikko is professor in Physics in the University of Helsinki (Finland), Department of Physical Sciences. He is the vice-director of the Department, and head of the Teacher Education Unit, and of the Electronics Research Unit. He has worked in different teacher/researcher positions in the University in Helsinki in 1970-1975 and since 1983. He is a member of several Department, Faculty and University level Boards, and has been coordinating various university level assessments (of Universities, Faculty, Departments, Education, Research). In the Helsinki Institute of Physics he is the programme leader responsible of the High Energy Physics Programme, coordinating Finnish research projects carried out in cooperation with large accelerator centers like CERN, FNAL and DESY. He was a researcher at CERN in 1975-1978, and a researcher/lecturer in the University of Bonn in 1979-1982. He has made shorter (few months) study and research associate visits to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1969), Serpuhhov Accelerator Center (Soviet Union) in 1978, Dubna Accelerator Center (Soviet Union) in the 1980’ies, and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory FNAL (USA) in 2002-2005. He is director of the LUMA-Centre, a Finnish national institution promoting interest in mathematics, science and technology learning among school children, and supporting also school teachers in their profession. Since 1983 he has organized annual summer schools and other further education courses, eg. for upper secondary school teachers, based also on new virtual university and distance learning practices.

Scientific and academic degrees: Degrees in the University of Helsinki: B.Sc. in Mathematics 1969, M.Sc. in Physics 1971, Ph.Lic. in Nuclear Physics 1974, Ph.D. in Particle Physics 1979, Degree approved in the University of Bonn: Dr.rer.nat. (SF) 1981. Major level studies also in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Minors in Chemistry and Educational Sciences. He is a docent in “Physics” since 1983 in the University of Helsinki, and a docent in “Particle Technologies” since 1997 in the Helsinki University of Technology.

Scientific interests: Particle Physics, especially instrumentation and physics analysis of Experimental High Energy Physics, and (to lesser extent) of Astro and Space Physics. Physics Education Research, concentrating on the role of History and Philosophy of Physics, but also Technology Transfer in research centers, and the Technology and Science Education of school children are of interest.

Uladzimir Slabin is a Research Associate at University of Oregon, Center for Advanced Technology in Education (http://www.uoregon.edu).

EDUCATION

2000 - Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences. Dissertation «Pedagogical Conditions of Design and Application of Software as a Vehicle of Environmental Education of Senior Pupils (on Natural Subjects Material)».

1986 -  Vitsyebsk State Pedagogical Institute, Teacher of Biology and Chemistry, honor diploma.

EXPERIENCE

Research Associate at UO, Center for Advanced Technology in Education, USA (since 2006), Chemistry teacher at Vitsyebsk Gymnasium No.4, Belarus (2005-2006), Assistant Professor at Vitsyebsk branch of Institute of Modern Knowledge, Computing and Management Department (2003-2005), Assistant Professor at Vitsyebsk State University Chemistry Department (2001-2003, 2004-2005), Courtesy Research Assistant at UO CATE, USA (2001), Lecturer at VSU, Chemistry Department, Belarus (1990-2002), Junior Research Associate at Metal Polymer Research Institute (1988-1990), Chemistry teacher at Rudnia Secondary School, Belarus (1986-1987).

E-mail: aarne.toldsepp@mail.ee
E-mail: toots@tdl.ee

Aarne Toldsepp is a President of Estonian Association of Chemistry Teachers from 1995. He worked at university of Tartu, Faculty of  Physics and Chemistry as lecturer from 1969 to 1997.
Research:   350 scientific papers, monographes, textbooks; 100 popular science papers including 2 books.
Education

1960 - 1965   University of Tartu, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Chemist – chemistry teacher.
1966 - 1969 University of Tartu, Faculty of  Physics and Chemistry, Postgraduate PhD student. 1970        PhD (Moscow, Academy of Pedagogics).
1973        University of Gdansk (Poland), Scholarship holder.
1977 - 1978     University of Helsinki, Scholarship holder.
1980 - 1982    University of Tartu, Faculty of  Physics and Chemistry, Dr. habil research.
1985       Dr. habil in Didactics of Chemistry (St. Petersburg, Pedagogics University of A.I.Herzen).
1985       Professor (academic certificate)

Borislav V. Toshev, University of Sofia, 1 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164Sofia, BULGARIA; tel.: +359 2 8161372, b. February, 1st, 1943, Belogradchik, BULGARIA; married with two children.
Education: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia (1968); MSc (Chemistry): On the Kinetics of Holes Closing in Thin Crystal Plates, Sofia University, 1968; PhD (Chemistry): Thermodynamics of Thin Liquid Films, University of Sofia, 1975; DSc (Chemistry): Application of the Omega-Potential to the Theory of Capillarity, Sofia University, 1993.
Appointments: Professor of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science with lectures in physical chemistry and/or colloid chemistry in the 'St. Kliment Ohridski' University of Sofia, University of Shumen, University of Plovdiv and  University of Blagoevgrad; Head of the Department of Chemistry Education of the University of Sofia; Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry of the University of Sofia; Head of the Research Laboratory on Chemistry Education and History & Philosophy of Chemistry; f. Vice-Rector of the University of  Sofia (Research and Development); f. Deputy Minister of Education and Science (Higher Education).
Teaching: Physical Chemistry (Sofia, Shumen, Blagoevgrad); Physical Chemistry with Colloid Chemistry (Sofia, Shumen, Blagoevgrad); Colloid Chemistry (Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad); Physical Chemistry of Chemical Reactions (Shumen); Thermodynamics of Thin Liquid Films (Åbo); Teacher's Chemistry Compendium (Sofia); Journal Club: Oral and Written Scientific Communication (Sofia); School Legislation (Sofia); Philosophy of Science (Sofia).
Research Areas: Physical Chemistry: Surface Thermodynamics and Theory of Capillarity; Chemistry Education; History and Philosophy of Chemistry; University Policy and Management with numerous books, journal articles and papers in book-collections quoted by other authors 844 times.

Georgios Tsaparlis is associate professor of science/chemistry education at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Ioannina, Greece.
Born in Lemnos, Greece in 1948. Married, with two children.
          Chemistry Graduate from the University of Athens, Greece; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Physics/Theoretical (Quantum) Chemistry (under professor S/F.A. Kettle), School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia,  Norwich  UK. Postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Science Education, University of Glasgow, UK, under professor A.H. Johnstone.
        He has taught and teaches many undergraduate and graduate physical chemistry courses plus science and chemistry education courses at the University of Ioannina. Also has taught graduate courses of science and chemistry education in the Departments of Chemistry, of the Universities of Athens and Thessaloniki.
       Founder and currently Joint Editor of the electronic journal “Chemistry Education: Research and Practice” (CERP), published by the Royal Society of Chemistry [http://www.rsc.org/Education/CERP].
        His research interests are in science and chemistry education, with special interests in problem solving and higher-order cognitive skills (HOCS), in structural concepts, in teaching methodology, and in the application of complexity theory in science education. Has published numerous papers in international peer-reviewed journals, such as Science Education, International Journal of Science Education, Research in Science Education, Science & Education, Research in Science and Technological Education, Journal of Chemical Education, Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, Chemical Educator.

E-mail: muhammetusak@zirve.edu.tr

Muhammet Usak was born in Turkey at 1974. He has received PhD from Gazi University, Department of Science Education in 2005. Now, he is working at Zirve University, Department of Science Education, Gaziantep, Turkey. His major interests understand in science and environmental education, Science teachers’ PCK, and TPACK, ICT, communication human and animal, environmental education in the society and nature education. He is an associate editor of Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science &Technology Education. He is included those members of editorial board are; Journal of Baltic Science Education, Turkish Journal of Science Education and Kuram ve Uygulumada Egitim Bilimleri-Educational Science: Theory & Practice.