Space Scoop: Florian Seitz at the OAE’s 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop
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This was a talk given at the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).
Bringing news from across the universe to kids all around the world” is the claim of the Space Scoop project. Current astronomy press releases and publications are edited and presentede specially for children. Interested children get insights in what is going on in astronomy right now. New Space Scoops are presented regularly. A translator network translates these Space Scoops in different languages.
About Florian Seitz:
Florian Seitz is a German high school teacher of Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Computer Science. He also works at the Haus der Astronomie. There he designs and conducts astronomy workshops for school groups and is active in the further training of astronomy teachers.
About the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop:
The topic for this year’s Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education is ‘Leveraging the potential of astronomy in formal education’ and is scheduled to run 15 to 17 November 2022 as a fully virtual event on Hopin as in previous years. This year’s Shaw-IAU Workshop focuses on the role of astronomy in the core regions of formal, primary and secondary, education: How do we teach astronomy as its own subject? What is the role of astronomy in teaching physics or chemistry – or in communicating such a central future topic as climate change? In sessions marked with a * we aim to hear specifically from teachers. We also address the question of how to approach those who set the framework for teaching: How can you get your administration, or at a much higher level: your education ministry, to listen to you? Last but not least we look at how to bridge the divide between the fundamentals that are commonly taught in school and results from cutting-edge research, which tend to be fascinating to students and the general public alike. he workshop was organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (http://astro4edu.org). More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/4th-shaw-iau-workshop/
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