Around the world, there are accomplished people dedicated to raising the quality of design of educational processes and materials.
ISSDE was formed to help this group work effectively as a coherent professional design and development community.
The goals of the Society are:
- improving the design and development process
- building a design community
- increasing our impact on educational practice
The Fellows are designers and project leaders with outstanding records, together with some representatives from government agencies and foundations that fund such work.
Recent news:
ISDDE Prize 2012 – Call for Nominations
This year's ISDDE prize will be awarded to a work showing excellence in design for education in science or mathematics. Nominations are now invited from fellows and freinds of ISDDE. The closing date for initial nominations is May 15th 2012.
Click here for more details about the nomination process…
Applying for Membership and Fellowship
We have clarified the criteria and procedures for becoming a Member or Fellow, and updated the constitution accordingly.
Becoming an ISDDE Fellow or Member…
2012 ISDDE Annual Conference
September 11th-13th 2012, University of Utrecht
The Eighth International ISDDE conference will take place at the Faculty Club, University of Utrecht, Netherlands on September 11th-13th 2012. The conference will be chaired by Peter Boon and co-chaired by Frans van Galen.
The theme of this year's conference is
“Unpacking Design Processes”
ISDDE Executive Elections 2012
Each year, 3 fellows are chosen to serve a 4-year term on the ISDDE Executive. This year's elections were held in December 2011, and the winning candidates were:
- Jacqueline Barber
- Alan Schoenfeld (re-elected)
- Malcolm Swan (re-elected)
Many thanks to Elizabeth Stage who is stepping down from the executive this year.
ISDDE 2011 Prize Winner - Jan de Lange
Congratulations to Jan de Lange, former director of the Freudenthal institute, who has been awarded the 2011 ISDDE Prize. This year's $10 000 prize was offered for a substantial body of work, by an individual or a team, over a period of years that shows excellence in design for education in science or mathematics.
Jan is an exceptional designer. He has a flair for finding fresh, beautiful, original, contexts for students and shows humour in communicating them. He emphasises the importance of visualization and 'slow" step by step progression in designs.
ISDDE Conference 2011
The Seventh International ISDDE conference took place at the Boston Museum of Science on September 12th-15th 2011. The conference chair was Chris Schunn and the co-chair was Frank Davis.
Visit the conference website for more details.
The next annual conference wll take place in Utrecht, Netherlands in September 2012. More details will appear here later.
For further information:
Contact the Secretary: Daniel.Pead@Nottingham.ac.uk for details.
Updated 12 April 2012