Computer Science – Learning
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Aug 2006
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Innovation in Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods, 26th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 2, 17-18 August, 2006 in Prague, Cze
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I describe the education activities of the International Astronomical Union, particularly the work of Commission 46 on Education and Development. We are most interested in education in schools and for general university education rather than for pre-professional training or graduate schools. We have over 75 National Liaisons, mostly from member countries of the I.A.U. but some from nonmembers or regional groupings. We operate through 10 program groups, which are described at our Website at http://www.astronomyeducation.org. We also organize Special Sessions at General Assemblies of the International Astronomical Union, such as this Special Session 2 on Innovation in Teaching/ Learning Astronomy Methods, organized by Rosa Ros and me, and Special Session 5 on Astronomy for the Developing World, organized by John Hearnshaw. A modified version of our Special Session from the 2003 Sydney General Assembly was published as Teaching and Learning Astronomy: Effective Strategies for Educators Worldwide (Jay M. Pasachoff and John R. Percy, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2005). Michele Gerbaldi and Ed Guinan run the International Schools for Young Astronomers. Jay White heads the Teaching Astronomy for Development Program Group. John Hearnshaw runs the Program Group for the Worldwide Development of Astronomy. Charles Tolbert and John Percy run an Exchange of Astronomers program with a limited number of grants for stays of over three months between astronomers in developing countries and established astronomical institutions. Barrie Jones, as vice-president, aided by Tracey Moore, runs the Newsletter and keeps track of the National Liaisons list. I run the Program group of Public Education at the Times of Solar Eclipses.
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