Using astronomy as a vehicle for science education

Details Using astronomy as a vehicle for science education Using astronomy as a vehicle for science education

Aug 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000pasa...17..156r&link_type=abstract

Publications Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 17, no. 2, p. 156-161

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomy Education

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Recent history in South Africa has created unique problems in many areas. As a result of an unequal educational structure, particularly in science, there is a general lack of science literacy and awareness. Some years ago the South African Astronomical Observatory started a Science Education Initiative as a contribution to addressing this problem by using astronomy as a vehicle to stimulate an interest in science amongst teachers and students. This programme was given a boost by the South African government in 1998 and the construction of the Southern African Large Telescope will provide further stimulus to the Science Education Initiative.

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