RECSAM 50th Anniversary Coffee Table Book

88 La main à la pâte The involvement of SEAMEO RECSAM with Lamain à la pâte dates back to 2003 when delegates from SEAMEO RECSAM made a visit to France to study the La main à la pâte programme implemented in primary schools across the country. RECSAM’s collaboration with the French Academy of Sciences was inked through the signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on 16 September 2003 at the ASEAN Regional Workshop on La main à la pâte in Kuala Lumpur. Since then, the Centre had hosted three La main à la pâte workshops for science educators in 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively. The fi rst two workshops were made possible through the funding procured from the French Regional Cooperation. The workshop in 2006 was jointly supported by Académie des sciences France, with the help of the French Ministry of Education, and Academy of Sciences Malaysia. The workshops had been successful in promoting understanding and appreciation of the La main à la pâte philosophy and approach to science teaching and learning among school teachers, of fi cers from the ministries of education as well as university and college lecturers of the SEAMEO countries. First La main à la pâte Workshop at RECSAM (1 to 14 June 2004) Facilitated by Dr. Nicolas Poussielgue, Educational Researcher, LAMAP Team, France. Second La main à la pâte Workshop at RECSAM (6 to 17 June 2005) Facilitated by Ms. Estelle Blanquet, Teacher Trainer, IUFM de Bourgogne, France. Closing Ceremony of La main à la pâte workshop held in 2005 Ms. Estelle Blanquet, Teacher Trainer from IUFM de Bourgogne, France of fi ciated the closing ceremony of the workshop in 2005 Second La main à la pâte workshop in 2005 Third La main à la pâte workshop in 2006