2004年国际科学院联合组织（IAP）成立了推动国际科学教育的网络，称为IBSE项目（Inquiry Based Science Education Programs，基于探究的科学教育项目），由智利科学院院长Jorge E. Allende负责，总部设在智利科学院。2005年9月在瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩召开了第一次成员的专家会议，会议后成立了专家工作组。我有幸成为IBSE项目的理事会成员，和汉博中心的叶兆宁老师一起出席了在瑞典科学院召开的第一次会议。
鉴于探究式科学教育在一些发达国家已经进行了10 － 30余年，面临着要进行全国和国际评估的需要，而在一些发展中国家，如中国、印度、巴西、马来西亚等正在起步，讨论和建立一个大家比较公认的评估方法，是比较急迫，也是比较有效推动IBSE发展的办法。因此，会议决定在会后邀请一些专家成立草拟评估标准和方法的草案，然后再经全体成员讨论。
我们虽然接到了参加专家组的邀请，但是鉴于“做中学”项目还在起步阶段，对评估还没有实践经验，所以我们决定不去参加专家会议。这样我们缺席了今年四月在华盛顿和六月在巴黎召开的专家会议，巴西、印度和马来西亚派出了观察员参加会议。
现在，我们接到了专家会议的成果－关于IBSE项目国际评估方案，以及参加9月在智利首都召开的全体成员会议的邀请。我们决定要派出代表参加会议，并按会议要求提供了关于“做中学”的简介。
九月的会议由智利政府支持，智利科学院和IAP主办，会议的目的是：
1， 讨论专家组提出的关于IBSE国际评估的报告
2， 如何在不同的国家推动和帮助进行IBSE的评估工作
3， 对今后IAP如何集中支持国际科学教育合作的建议。
我国科学院副院长陈竺院士是IAP双主席之一，我国“做中学”科学教育项目在国际上有较好的影响，从那方面考虑我们都应该继续参加IBSE的评估活动。可是要参加IBSE的评估活动，从标准、教师培训教材、课程、实践方面还有大量工作要做。
非常感谢李嘉诚基金会、GE基金会和东南大学对“做中学”科学教育实验项目的具体资助；教育部国际司、联合国教科文秘书处、科技司、中国科协、中国科学院的大力支持，以及教育部有关司局的理解，在全体“做中学”试验区的教育部门、学校、教师、家长的共同努力下，我们才能走到今天，才能在国际上占有一席之地。
未来的路还很长。
附：参加IBSE Programs “做中学”项目简介
“Learning by Doing” (LBD) is a pioneer science education program initiated jointly by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) in 2001, which promotes Hands On Inquiry Based Learning and Teaching on Science and Technology in kindergartens and primary schools (age 5-12), aiming to bring out student–centered instruction learning, foster children’s scientific way of thinking and of living, cultivate qualified citizens with higher scientific literacy and facilitate the progress of quality education for all.
Nine criterions
have been set in the beginning of LBD:
1.Orientation to every child and taking into account difference between individual children;
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2. Laying foundation for the child to learn through his/her lifetime, and more importantly, for children to learn how to live;
3. Selecting contents closely related to children’s life and surrounding environment;
4. Students as center to actively explore and to experience the process of inquiry;
5. Teachers are supporters and instructors when children learn;
6. Using encouraging assessment, including formative assessment;
7. Implementing Jointly by Scientists and educators;
8. Mobilizing forces in communities and families to support;
9. Using of Internet to increase exchange and cooperation with domestic and international counterparts.
For supporting LBD it has been established a research center in Southeast University and developed a website www.handsbrain.com to connect all experiment schools and provide teaching guiding books, related curriculums and teaching materials, teacher’s training etc, including on line teacher’s training and supporting.
In 2001 staring with 44 schools in four major cities, LBD program now has spread to more than 400 kindergartens and primary schools as cores in 20 cities. The program has got supports not only from the Chinese government and privet sectors, and also based on international cooperation with ICSU-CCBS, French LAMAP and IBSE of IAP.
