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My Sixty Years of Astronomy Education: Highlights, and Lessons Learned

Astronomy Education Journal
This paper presents some highlights of my 60-year career as an astronomy education practitioner, and why they were significant to me, my students and other audiences.
John Percy
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Bringing the Universe to Every Classroom: The Impact of Digital Technologies on Children's Astronomy Education in Iran

Astronomy Education Journal
Astronomy education can be a crucial part of Iranian children's education and has the potential to inspire a lifelong passion for science and technology.
Shahrzad Mirsoltani
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VIDEOS FOR ASTRONOMY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

EDULEARN Proceedings
CAPjournal, No. 24, October 2018 This paper presents an unusual project in which astronomy videos were created for education and outreach with students playing a central role, from initial conceptualisation to final distribution of the videos on the ...
Chris Impey
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Spatial Thinking in Astronomy Education Research

Astronomy Education Journal
Research on how we learn astronomy, as well as in other STEM domains, has found that spatial thinking - the complex ways we reason about the spatial properties of objects - is central to developing expertise.
Julia Plummer
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The role of Big Data in Astronomy Education

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2019
We review Big Data in Astronomy and its role in Astronomy Education. At present all-sky and large-area astronomical surveys and their catalogued data span over the whole range of electromagnetic spectrum, from gamma-ray to radio, as well as most ...
A. Mickaelian, G. Mikayelyan
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The importance of images in astronomy education

International Journal of Science Education, 2001
The abundance of images concerning textbooks doesn't always facilitate the understanding of the concepts. In this study, the phases of the moon, the images shown in Primary and Secondary textbooks, the relationships between the written theoretical content and its illustration, as well as the problems of comprehension of some images, are studied.
M. J. Gil Quilez, B. Martinez Pena
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Practical Astronomy Education at the National University of Singapore (NUS)

The Physical Educator, 2019
Singapore is not known for astronomy research. However, the interest in astronomy has grown since the 1990s, when more educational institutions and observatories were built to equip students with the skills and knowledge in astronomy.
A. Yang, S. Ng, Q. Leong, M. Tan, P. Agarwal, Z. Ong, H. W. Ang, A. H. Chan   +7 more
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Antofagasta: Astronomy education on the shoulders of giants

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2019
This work presents the motivation, history and current status of the Primera Luz initiative, a long-term educational project run by researchers and professionals of the Astronomy Center (CITEVA) at Universidad de Antofagasta (UA, Chile), primarily ...
E. Unda-Sanzana
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Astronomy Education in Hungary

International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 1990
Our educational system, like that of any other country, has grown up to meet the needs of the environment in which it developed. Perhaps its most distinctive feature is its emphasis on education of the masses rather than on education of the intellectuals.The philosophy of the Hungarian educational system is that a democracy depends upon a well-informed
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A note on the astronomy education in Japan

Vistas in Astronomy, 1988
To look for the methods of development in astronomy education we have made two activities. The first was to hold a meeting this August, for astronomers mostly working in the universities and school teachers engaged or interested in astronomy education. About ]20 persons attended from many parts of Japan.
N. Owaki, S. Isobe
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