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Teaching and Learning Astronomy

Teaching and Learning Astronomy

Effective Strategies for Educators Worldwide

by Jay M. PasachoffJohn R. Percy Jay Pasachoff and others
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/07/2009

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Based on papers and posters presented by experts at a Special Session of the International Astronomical Union, this volume highlights the many places for astronomy in the curriculum. It covers relevant education research and "best practice"; strategies for pre-service and in-service teacher education; the use of the Internet and other technologies; and the role that planetariums, observatories, science centers, and organizations can play. It concludes by addressing how the teaching and learning of astronomy can be improved worldwide.
ISBN:
9780521115391
9780521115391
Category:
Astronomy
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-07-2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
244x170x15mm
Weight:
0.45kg
Jay M. Pasachoff

Jay M. Pasachoff is the Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy and director of the Hopkins Observatory at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and coauthor of The Sun, also published by Reaktion Books.

Together, they are coauthors of Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science.

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