Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21544604b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #446.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.412
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The National Science Foundation's 2003 census of Ph.D. recipients by discipline and race/ethnicity reveals that underrepresentation of African American and Hispanic students is even more severe for astronomy than for other branches of the physical sciences. A likely factor in this discrepancy is exposure: African American and Hispanic high school students are concentrated in urban school districts where light pollution and lack of resources conspire to prevent the awakening of interest in the subject. As a first step towards increasing the exposure of minority high school students to astronomy, we have established a partnership to infuse NASA-related astrophysics content into the physics curriculum at Science Park High School (SPHS), a magnet school serving over 900 students from the Newark School District in grades 7 through 12. With a 70% minority student body already screened for motivation and interest in science, SPHS represents the optimal entry point for developing new curriculum elements that can eventually be replicated throughout the district. This development work involves an experienced master teacher from SPHS and two Rutgers University researchers, and has been funded by a Hubble Space Telescope EPO grant.
Baker Andrew Jordan
Balsamel R. G.
Menanteau Felipe
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