Association for Science Education
The Association for
Science Education is the professional association for
teachers of science. It was formed in 1963 by the merger of the
Science Master's Association and the Association of Women Science
Teachers. Membership of the Association is now of the order of
15,000, with a broad spread of membership from primary and
secondary teachers, to technicians, those involved in Initial
Teacher Education, and also includes some 2,500 student
members.
The ASE exists to improve the teaching of science:
- by providing an authoritative medium through which the opinions
of teachers of science may be expressed on educational matters
and
- by affording a means of communication among all persons and
bodies of persons concerned with the teaching of science in
particular and education in general.
The Annual
Conference now attracts in excess of 3,500 people and ASE has
an enviable reputation worldwide. ASE is also a publisher,
with its main journals including Education
in Science, Primary
Science Review, School
Science Review and Science
Teacher Education.
Professional development is at the heart of ASE activity as a
thriving community of science educators, who are passionate about
science teaching and learning, and are actively engaged with their
own professional development, including the Getting Practical
Programme. It also recognises these
activities through
CSciTeach and
Primary Science Quality Mark.