The document outlines a workshop focused on space careers, emphasizing the importance of relatable role models who have faced challenges rather than idealized versions of success. It highlights a project that provides quality educational resources on space science, designed for easy integration into European curricula with a strong focus on diversity and hands-on learning. The resources are available in multiple languages and support the European Commission’s goals for educational outreach in space awareness.

1. Workshop:
SPACE CAREERS
Dr Anastasiya Boiko
European Schoolnet

3. Mission: Observation

4. Mission: Observation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fArc7dslIO0

5. Mission: Analysis

6. Choosing (potential) role models
• Instead of being perfect people, they should be ‘real people’, such as:
- People with families, outside interests
- People who faced struggles along the way (e.g. found maths challenging)
- NOT ‘super-geniuses’, not ‘perfect’ (may be especially important for girls)
• Pathways to their jobs
- What attracted them to space science?
- How did they actually get there? (What choices did they make?)
• Acknowledging the reality of the field (lack of diversity but hope for the future)

7. Project gives access to high-quality resources with a focus on current missions and global concerns:
The resources are created using inquiry based methods and hands on approaches for primary and secondary
schools, and science museums
Ready to use quality material selected through peer-review
Easy integration in European curricula, easy to use in non-science disciplines
High attention to diversity
Material translated into 8 European languages
Space Awareness educational resources

8. Mission: Exploration
http://www.space-awareness.org/en/careers/

9. Mission: Launch

10. This material was developed under the Space Awareness project
funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Programme
under the grant agreement no. 638653
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