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Optics Education in the International Year of Astronomy [PDF]
Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2007 The International Year of Astronomy (IYA) will be celebrated in 2009 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of the telescope for astronomical observation. The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) in Tucson, Arizona, USA, is participating in a variety of international education activities to build awareness of the role of ...
Constance E. Walker +2 more
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Astronomical observations: a guide for allied researchers
The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 2019 Observational astrophysics uses sophisticated technology to collect and measure electromagnetic and other radiation from beyond the Earth. Modern observatories produce large, complex datasets and extracting the maximum possible information from them ...
Pauline Barmby
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Ensaio Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências, 2010 This paper presents some outcomes of a broader research on Astronomy Education in primary school teacher¿s education. From the analysis of the main astronomy subjects thought nationwide and the research outcomes, we identified a set of astronomy contents
Rodolfo Langhi, Roberto Nardi
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Astronomy as a subject in the secondary school curriculum
Vértices, 2010 Astronomy is regarded as one of the first sciences dominated by man; however, it has not been taught as a subject in secondary school programs. Students usually finish this level of education without knowing several topics in the field of Astronomy which
Claudio André C. M. Dias +1 more
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Challenges in Astronomy Education [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2009 AbstractAstronomy is an attractive subject for education. It deals with fascination of the unknown and the unreachable, yet is uses tools, concepts and insights from various fundamental sciences such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology. Because of this it can be well used for introducing sciences to young people and to raise their interest in ...
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Promoting mental model building in astronomy education
, 2003 While astronomy has recently re-emerged in many science curricula, there remain unresolved teaching and learning difficulties peculiar to astronomy education.
Jones, Alister +5 more
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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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Science Education QuarterlyAstronomy education at the high school level faces challenges in motivating students and addressing their diverse learning needs. Traditional homework often involves rote memorization and fails to engage students meaningfully with astronomy concepts ...
Svitlana L. Malchenko
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Applied Sciences, 2019 A popular astronomical concept covered by projection learning programs in the planetarium is seasonal constellation. However, a planetarium’s learning environment is limited to virtual scenes, where learners can observe seasonal constellations, but there
Ke Tian +5 more
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The State of Astronomy Education in the U.S.
, 1996 I would like to set the scene for the discussion that will follow in this book and bring up a few disturbing points which I believe any discussion about astronomy education will ultimately have to address.
Fraknoi, Andrew
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