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Nature, 1964 The Young Astronomers' Companion By K. Fea. Pp. 160 + 12 plates. (London: Souvenir Press, Ltd., 1962.) 18S. net. Handbook of Telescope Making By N. E. Howard. Pp. x + 322. (London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1962.) 45S. Experiments in Sky Watching By Dr. Franklyn M. Branley. Pp. 117. (London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1962.) 21s. net. The Moon Earth's Natural
John Heywood
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Astronomy Education: an international perspective [PDF]
International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 1998 Education is important to astronomers because it affects the recruitment and training of future astronomers, and because it affects the awareness, understanding and appreciation of astronomy by taxpayers and politicians who support us. We have an obligation to share the excitement and the significance of our work with students and the public. Education
John R. Percy
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Astronomy in the City for Astronomy Education [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2015 AbstractAstronomy is part of our culture. Astronomy cannot be isolated in a classroom, it has to be integrated in the normal life of teachers and students. “Astronomy in the city” is an important part of NASE (Network for Astronomy School Education) (Ros & Hemenway 2012). In each NASE course we introduce a “working group session” chaired by a local
Rosa M. Ros, Beatriz Garc
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On the problem of astronomy education in Ukraine [PDF]
Astronomical School’s Report, 2001 Widening of astronomy learning in schools and pedagogical universities is proposed. It’s necessary to pay attention to between-subjects links during the process of astronomy teachers’ preparation: astronomy and mathematics, physics, biology, ecology philosophy.
Iryna Koval
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AMATURE ASTRONOMY AND ASTRONOMY EDUCATION IN INDIA
Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society, 2015 In India, astronomy has been studied from the beginning of civilization. The word amateur means involvement in work for pleasure rather than as a profesion. So, amateur astronomers, in many places, prefer to be called non-professional astronomers. In India, the history of amateur astronomy is quite bright. From the Puranic age astronomy was studied for
SOMENATH CHATTERJEE
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Astronomy Education in Universities of China [PDF]
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, 2001 AbstractIn China, more than twenty universities have astronomy education and research work. In four key universities, a complete series of educational programs of undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral levels has been formed. After four-year study at the undergraduate stage, students can be enrolled in master degree specialties. Three years
Cheng Fang, Yuhua Tang
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Astronomy across cultures: reporting experiences on the GalileoMobile education activities in the Paiter Suruí indigenous community [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 This work is the report of an astronomy non-formal education expedition carried out by the GalileoMobile initiative in the Paiter Suruí indigenous communities, in the Brazilian Amazon, that took place in November 2016.
Figueiró Spinelli Patrícia +5 more
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An online tutor for astronomy: The GEAS self-review library
Cogent Education, 2015 We introduce an interactive online resource for use by students and college instructors in introductory astronomy courses. The General Education Astronomy Source (GEAS) online tutor guides students developing mastery of core astronomical concepts and ...
Nicole P. Vogt, Amy Smith Muise
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Science Education International, 2018 The present research aims to analyze the publications related to astronomy education that discusses the interface between formal education (FE) and non-FE (NFE) at scientific events and a journal in the Brazilian context.
Isadora Moutinho Carvalho Ã. Menezes +2 more
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THE ROLE OF ASTRONOMY IN ROMANIAN EDUCATION [PDF]
Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 2018 Despite the interest, curiosity and the enthusiasm of the large public for Astronomy as a scientific discipline, it is absent from the current Romanian curriculum. We present here the results of two surveys that involve parents and
DANA FICUȚ-VICAȘ
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