The Future of Neutrino Mass Measurements: Terrestrial, Astrophysical, and Cosmological Measurements in the Next Decade. Highlights of the NuMass 2013 Workshop. Milano, Italy, February 4 - 7, 2013
The third Workshop of the NuMass series ("The Future of Neutrino Mass Measurements: Terrestrial, Astrophysical, and Cosmological Measurements in the Next Decade: NuMass 2013") was held at Dipartimento di Fisica"G. Occhialini, University of Milano-Bicocca in Milano, Italy, on 4-7 February 2013. The goal of this international workshop was to review the status and future of direct and indirect neutrino mass measurements in the laboratory as well as from astrophysical and cosmological observations. This paper collects most of the contributions presented during the Workshop.
[Extract] The results from New Zealand's participation in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have revealed the disturbing level of science achievement by New Zealand Form 2 and Form 3 students and associated concerns with science programme delivery in general. An evaluation of the teachers who participated in TIMSS suggests that a disturbing portion of Form 2 teachers (and primary teachers in general) expressed a lack of confidence in their ability to teach science as a consequence of limited formal science learning experiences. This final report of a three part series examines the biographical details, in the context of the teaching of science, of the 122 primary/intermediate/Kura Kaupapa Maori teachers in the Central Districts of the North Island of New Zealand who participated in a study attempting to identify the factors teachers perceived to be influencing the effective implementation of Science in the New Zealand Curriculum.