The José Vasconcelos World Award of Education
has been established as an acknowledgement to those who have the all important labour of teaching the underlying basis of our present civilization. The prize is awarded every other year.

Prof. Christian Azar
Place of Ceremony: 08 Dec 2010

TOLUCA, ESTADO DE MEXICO, MEXICO. DECEMBER 2010., Prof. Christian Azar received the 2010 José Vasconcelos World Award of Education.

Prof. William G. Bowen
Place of Ceremony: 11 Nov 2008

Prof. William G. Bowen, President Emeritus of Princeton University and President Emeritus of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation received the 2008 José Vasconcelos World Award of Education from Professor Edmond H. Fischer, President of the World Cultural Council and Professor Shirley M. Tilghman, President Princeton University.

Prof. Marlene Scardamalia
Place of Ceremony: 28 Oct 2006

Marlene Scardamalia has been selected as the recipient of this award for her remarkable contributions in the field of social education, revolutionizing schooling by engaging students more directly and productively in creative work based on knowledge and ideas. In this way, her achievements have focused on the use of new knowledge media, promoting new opportunities of higher education for the general public and the betterment of our societies.

Sir David Attenborough
Place of Ceremony: 28 Nov 2004

LIEGE, BELGIUM. NOVEMBER 2004. The World Cultural Council presented the 2004 "José Vasconcelos" World Award of Education to Sir David Attenborough, distinguished British naturalist, filmmaker, television producer and author. The Award Ceremony took place in Liège, Belgium with the host of the University of Liège, on November 8th 2004.

Prof. Jeannie Oakes
Place of Ceremony: 14 Nov 2002

DUBLIN, IRELAND. NOVEMBER 2002. The World Cultural Council presented the 2002 "José Vasconcelos" World Award of Education to Prof. Jeannie Oakes, Presidential Professor in Education and Associate Dean in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. The Award Ceremony took place in Dublin, Ireland, with the host being Trinity College of the University of Dublin.

Prof. Zafra M. Lerman
Place of Ceremony: 01 Nov 2000

Prof. Zafra M. Lerman, Professor of Science and Public Policy at Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Prof. Lerman was selected as the recipient of this Award in recognition of her creative and innovative work in the Science Education field. Is a Prize offered to Prof. Lerman for her productive trajectory developing efforts to utilize visual and performing arts activities in the teaching science and for becoming "a pioneer in the current renaissance of instruction in science". Prof. Lerman´s integration to the sciences and the arts has encouraged the growing worldwide perception that the arts have an important role to play in the development of basic academic skills.

Prof. Robert Yager
Place of Ceremony: 19 Nov 1998

The productive efforts in creating, implementing and disseminating educational programs and instructional strategies has seek to increase teachers confidence to teach science, to improve teachers understanding of the nature of science, and to prepare science teacher as leaders who can effect science education reform. These achievements takes Prof. Robert Yager to be selected as the winner of the "José Vasconcelos" World Award of Education.

Prof. Roger Gaudry
Place of Ceremony: 23 Nov 1996

The World Cultural Council granted the "José Vasconcelos" World Award of Education to Prof. Roger Gaudry for his more than 55 years of work and his outstanding contribution to Higher Education, with a significant influence in the advancement of University life. He established academic models that transformed the authority structure of the University and allowed democratic modes of operation.

Prof. Joseph O´Halloran
Place of Ceremony: 19 Sep 1994

Prof. Joseph O´Halloran the creator of the Australian mathematics Competition, now the largest in the world, received the "José Vasconcelos" World Award of Education. His initiatives have enhanced the acceptance in educational circles of mathematical challenges and competitions in stimulating the learning of school mathematics.

Prof. Elliot Eisner
Place of Ceremony: 1992

Professor of Educational and Art at Stanford University, Prof. Elliot Eisner was the recipient of the "José Vasconcelos" World Award of Education in particular for his contribution in the formulation of educational policy to better understand the potential of the arts in the educational development of the young. The Award Ceremony was celebrated at the Lester B. Pearson Building in Ottawa, Canada with the host of the National Research Council of Canada.

Prof. Lev Shevrin
Place of Ceremony: 22 Nov 1990

The World Cultural Council granted the "José Vasconcelos" World Award of Education to Prof. Lev Shevrin in recognition of his more than 30 years of fruitful pedagogical and other educational work, particularly his literary work in the field of children’s mathematical education. The three remarkable books which Prof. Shevrin has co-authored. I. "Geometry for small children" II. "Mathematical ABC" III. "Mathematical 5-6 textbook Interlocutor", are widely popular not only in Russia but also in many other countries. Total edition has surpassed one million copies.

The Award Ceremony took place at the Polytechnic Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.

Prof. Gilbert De Landsheere
Place of Ceremony: 19 Nov 1988

The "José Vasconcelos" World Award of Education was delivered to Prof. Gilbert De Landsheere in recognition to his 40 year fight to upgrade teacher education for all levels of instruction. His continuous effort to develop European empirical education research in order to influence the whole art of teaching is also quite notable.

Dr. Dolores Hernández
Place of Ceremony: 21 Nov 1985

The "José Vasconcelos" World Award of Education was granted to Dr. Dolores Hernández, a pioneer in science and mathematics education in the Philippines, for her more than 20 years dedication to the improvement of education in her country. As Director of the University of the Philippines Institute of Science and Mathematics Education Development she has played a significant role in the development of instructional materials and in the re-training of teachers for this purpose.