Boosting Collaboration Between Scientists & Teachers: O. Marshall at the OAE’s 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop
0This is a talk given at the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).
Title: A Study Discussing How To Get The Most Out of Collaboration Between Scientists and Teachers
Including contemporary science research in the classroom can help students to understand the scientific landscape. One method of introducing cutting-edge topics into schools is Scientist Teachers Partnerships (STPs); using the input of both parties to create scientifically and pedagogically sound materials. In this study, we use STPs to develop lessons about Exoplanet climates. One-on-one initial interviews were conducted with 13 international exoplanet PhD students and five science teachers from Flanders. Co-creation sessions were then conducted with groups of teachers and scientists. In this study, we use the Model of Educational Reconstruction to breakdown the process of bringing modern astronomy topics into the classroom with STPs.
About Oriel Marshall:
Oriel Marshall is a third year joint PhD student at the universities of Copenhagen and Antwerpen. She is part of the CHAMELEON innovative training network which focuses on modeling exoplanets and protoplanetary disks. Her role within this network is creating and assessing teaching materials based on the topics within the network. Oriel has worked with and developed hands-on astrophysics learning materials in many capacities prior to her current PhD project. These include the thesis project of her astrophysics masters project at the University of St Andrews, and during her time working with Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and subsequently for the ESA CHEOPs mission.
About the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop:
The 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop took place: 12 - 15 November 2024. The Shaw-IAU workshops focus on astronomy education for primary and secondary school students and teacher training both in universities and in service. This year's workshop featured two special topics: an exploration of the first two years of the James Webb Space Telescope for the scientific topic, and the crucial aspect of evaluation in educational contexts as the non-scientific topic.
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