Astronomy Education 2020: A 5-year Vision

astronomy education2020 vision

Pedro Russo Leiden University / IAU OAD TF2

astronomy education2020 (personal & work-in-progress) vision

Pedro Russo Leiden University / IAU OAD TF2

IAU Strategic Plan 2010-2020 !

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Adopted by an IAU Resolution in 2009

All young people around the world engage with astronomy.

All young people have "contact" with astronomy before the end of secondary school.

astronomy is part of national school curricula

astronomy is accessible through several informal learning spaces.

placing astronomy at the heart of science education

Astronomy!

OPTICS !

High-precision adaptive

optics!

COMPUTERS !

Fastest hardware Complex software !

ELECTRONICS !Most sensitive

detectors Fastest clocks!

SPACE Satellites

Miniaturization Precision!

PHYSICS !

Laboratory of extremes

Making heavy elements !

CHEMISTRY!

Producing organic

molecules!BIOLOGY!

Building blocks of life!

MATHEM-ATICS

Abstract thought!

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INSPIRATION!

Career in science and technology!

ANTHRO-POLOGY Ancient

civilizations !

Our roots!

HISTORY!

Evolution of Universe !

Our roots !

PERSPECTIVE !

Tolerance and global citizenship!

Technology & Skills

Science & Research

Culture & Society

astronomy education community works with high level quality standards and frameworks.

astronomy literacy benchmarks

See Erik Arends' talk

astronomy educational resources are open educational resources

open educational resources are freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing.

astronomy educational resources have high quality standards

See Thilina Heenatigala's talk

astronomy education works with a common development framework.

Bloom’s Taxonomy

1. developing interest in science, 2. understanding scientific knowledge, 3. connecting with scientific reasoning, 4. reflecting on science, 5. practice science, 6. identifying with the scientific enterprise.

learning science

National Academies 2009

astronomy education embraces new technologies and new methodologies.

astronomy learning happens everywhere and anytime.

examples: MOOCs, learning analytics, crowd learning, learning from gaming, maker culture, citizen-science, etc.

astronomy education is based on evidence-based education.

Inquiry is core to our work.

astronomy education is cultural aware and inclusive.

teacher training is collaborative.

teacher training is a collaborative effort between teachers, astronomers, educators, educational authorities and academic institutions.

by 2020 we (Astronomy Education communities) have facilitated:

the increase of astronomy education research

Baseline: approx. 500 articles published in 2013 !

Tools: Better training and resources on evaluation, impact assessment and reporting. !

Next step: IAU C46 Working Group

the training of hundreds of thousands of teachers.

Baseline: 10 000 - 50 000 teachers trained per year (to be verified) !

Tools: Common teacher training resources and templates. Accreditation !

Next step: Share best practices, reports and templates on common platform. IAU-level discussions on accreditation.

the inclusion of astronomy in the curriculum of dozens of countries.

Baseline: Unknown number of countries with astronomy as part of the curriculum at some pre-tertiary level. !

Tools: Astronomy Literacy document as a baseline. !

Next steps: identify potential entry points and work with national.

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the production and distribution of hundreds of educational resources for teachers and children.

Baseline: dozens (if not hundreds of resources produced) annually !

Tools: Open Education Resources Framework and IAU astroEDU !

Next steps: Increase number of submissions to astroEDU; work on localisation fo astroEDU platform.

And in this way reached millions of children and teenagers.

by 2020 astronomy education is structurally part of astronomy research*. !

* with a ~2% budget by all the astronomy departments, agencies and institutions

Baseline: education and public outreach budget of the international agencies (ESO, ESA, NASA, etc.) is between 0,5 - 1,5 % for their total budget. !

Tools: Results and impact of our work. !

Next steps: Work with our own organisations to set an example. Lobby our astronomy research colleagues and funding agencies.

Pedro Russo Leiden University / IAU OAD TF2 russo@strw.leidenuniv.nl www.unawe.org/russo/