Personal vision for astronomy education for the next 5 years (2020)

1. astronomy
education
2020 vision
Pedro Russo
Leiden University / IAU OAD TF2

2. astronomy
education
2020 (personal & work-in-progress) vision
Pedro Russo
Leiden University / IAU OAD TF2

3. IAU Strategic Plan
2010-2020
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Adopted by an IAU Resolution in 2009

4. All young people
around the world
engage with
astronomy.

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

6. astronomy is part of
national school curricula

7. astronomy is accessible
through several informal
learning spaces.

8. placing astronomy
at the heart of science
education

9. OPTICS !
High-precision
adaptive
optics!
Astro
nomy!
COMPUTERS !
Fastest
hardware
Complex
software !
ELECTRONICS !
Most sensitive
detectors
Fastest clocks!
SPACE
Satellites
Miniaturizati
on Precision!
PHYSICS !
Laboratory of
extremes
Making heavy
elements !
CHEMISTRY!
Producing
organic
BIOLOGY! molecules!
Building
blocks of life!
MATHEM-ATICS
Abstract
thought!
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HISTORY!
Evolution of
Universe !
Our roots !
ANTHRO-POLOGY
Ancient
civilizations !
Our roots!
INSPIRATION!
Career in
science and
technology!
PERSPECTIV
E !
Tolerance
and global
citizenship!
Technology
& Skills
Science &
Research
Culture
& Society

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

11. astronomy literacy
benchmarks
See Erik Arends' talk

12. astronomy educational
resources are open
educational resources

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

14. astronomy educational
resources have high
quality standards
See Thilina Heenatigala's talk

15. astronomy education
works with a common
development
framework.

16. Bloom’s
Taxonomy

17. learning science
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.
National Academies 2009

18. astronomy education
embraces new
technologies and new
methodologies.

19. astronomy learning
happens everywhere
and anytime.

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

21. astronomy education
is based on evidence-based
education.

22. Inquiry is core to our work.

23. astronomy education
is cultural aware and
inclusive.

24. teacher training
is collaborative.

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

26. by 2020 we
(Astronomy Education
communities) have
facilitated:

27. the increase of astronomy
education research

28. Baseline: approx. 500 articles published
in 2013
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Tools: Better training and resources on
evaluation, impact assessment and
reporting.
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Next step: IAU C46 Working Group

29. the training of hundreds of
thousands of teachers.

30. Baseline: 10 000 - 50 000 teachers trained per
year (to be verified)
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Tools: Common teacher training resources and
templates. Accreditation
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Next step: Share best practices, reports and
templates on common platform. IAU-level
discussions on accreditation.

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

32. Baseline: Unknown number of countries with
astronomy as part of the curriculum at some pre-tertiary
level.
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Tools: Astronomy Literacy document as a
baseline.
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Next steps: identify potential entry points and
work with national.

33. !
the production and distribution of
hundreds of educational resources
for teachers and children.

34. Baseline: dozens (if not hundreds of resources
produced) annually
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Tools: Open Education Resources Framework
and IAU astroEDU
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Next steps: Increase number of submissions to
astroEDU; work on localisation fo astroEDU
platform.

35. And in this way
reached millions of
children and teenagers.

36. by 2020 astronomy
education is structurally
part of astronomy
research*.
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* with a ~2% budget by all the astronomy
departments, agencies and institutions

37. Baseline: education and public outreach budget
of the international agencies (ESO, ESA, NASA,
etc.) is between 0,5 - 1,5 % for their total budget.
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Tools: Results and impact of our work.
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Next steps: Work with our own organisations to
set an example. Lobby our astronomy research
colleagues and funding agencies.

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