Preface

On behalf of the organizing committee, we were delighted to welcome you all to the 6 th Annual International Seminar on Trends In Science and Science Education (AISTSSE) 2019, hosted by the Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Sciences, Medan State University, Indonesia. As the year comes to the second decade of 21 st century, there have been changing in whatever field of human endeavor affecting science and science education that create paradigm shift and in practical routine. The key question of this conference is then, whether and to what extend the Institution of science and science education develop, implement, manage, and accommodate pre-service training programs to prepare lectures and students learn that reflect the roles and competencies as required in this era; what trends and policy shifted in science and science education that shape and have strong impact on the direction of the institutions. The theme of this exciting forum is ‘Trend Science Education in Industrial Revolution 4.0”, which embraces six main topics, including: 1. Fundamental and applied research in mathematics including basic mathematics, applied mathematics and statistic 2. Fundamental and applied research in physics including theoretical physics and computation, geophysics, material science and technology 3. Fundamental and applied research in biology including fundamental biology, applied biology and biotechnology 4. Fundamental and applied research in chemistry including instrumentation, basic chemistry, and applied chemistry 5. Science education AISTSSE 2019 was conducted to provide a forum for researcher, academicians, teachers, school principals, government agencies, consultants to share their insights related to the Trends In Science and Science Education. For this conference, we invited six plenary speakers with solid expertise from different countries and regions. We are extremely grateful to: 1. Prof. Dr. Syawal Gultom, M.Pd (Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia) 2. Prof. Mauro Mocerino (Department of Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia) 3. Prof. Dr. G. Sudarsanam Sri Venkateswara University, India 4. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tossawat Seetawan (Faculty of Science and Technology, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University – Thailand)