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Ministry of Education

Parliament Buildings, etc.

Phone: (604) 387-3778 (for an interim 6
month period), (604) 387-4611

Note: Publication Services will remain at
their present address and telephone number.

Also Note: The actual physical address of
the Ministry of Education is:

Douglas Annex
620 Superior St.,
Victoria, B.C.
V8V 1T9

Any information needing to be couriered to
the Ministry should be delivered to this
address.

Enquiries concerning any of the above
addresses/phone numbers should be directed
to Information Services, Ministry of Educa-
tion, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.,
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Education and Technology

BCSTA PLANS WORLD CONGRESS ON EDUCATION AND
TECHNOLOGY (Reprint of a news release from
the British Columbia School Trustees Associ-
ation, dated July 5, 1983).

The B.C. School Trustees Association (BCSTA)
announced plans Tuesday for an international
congress on education and technology, sched-
uled to coincide with Expo '86.

BCSTA President Joy Leach said the congress,
expected to draw as many as 10,000 delegates,
will constitute a major adjunct to Expo '86.
Tentative dates are May 20 - 23, 1986.

"The technological future, typified today by
accelerating innovations in computers, com-
munication and other high-tech devices, will
continue to create an over-riding need for
the education community and the public to
develop new learning objectives and priori-
ties. To help young people cope with this
burgeoning information era, we must establish
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innovators and those who contribute to ed- sd
ucation's purposes and programs. |

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Leach said the international scope of the
congress will enable B.C.'s educators, ed-—
ucation planners and, ultimately, the
children of the province to benefit from |
the global diversity of ideas and know-
ledge. |

"We are asking for cooperation and support |
from the ministry of education, the min- |
istry of universities, science and commun-
ications and the Expo '86 administraiton,
all bodies that have an obvious interest

in such a cOngress." |

Education Minister Jack Heinrich said the
congress is extremely timely and has the |
full support of his ministry. "For our
young people's sake the education commun- |
ity must remain abreast of technological
advances. What better way than a world
congress to ensure that high-tech eauca-
tion programs in B.C. schools are at tne
forefront of what the world has to offer."

Leach said the congress will attract an |
international audience of educationai re-
searchers and practitioners to examine
questions of technology's impact on indiv- |
jiduals and societies. The program would |
address the theme on philosophical as well
as practical grounds, using a variety of
learning strategies.

Sepcific objectives for the congress in- |
clude helping delegates to:

familiarize themselves with internacion- |
al developments and ideas reiated to ed-
ucation and technology

consider policy alternatives for the “*
velopment of school curricula

judge the impact technology has, and will
have, on the student and the qulaity of
life in the future

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become better acquainted with research |
priorities related to the theme of the |
congress
study projects and innovations regarding
the application of computers in educa- |
tional institutions

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