I think I may have been unclear about the following on my last post: It is the feedback of a good on-line education tool that is valuable, not the grading...
We've been using those simple, cardboard-tube, 2-plastic-lens telescopes for our ASTRO 101 labs and outreach projects. They cost about $10 each so if they...
hi - i saw one at the AAS and it does disassemble. i was most impressed by the quality of the optics. the tube is plastic with slip rings to hold it...
Eric M. Schlegel
eric.schlegel@...
Mar 9, 2009 5:42 pm
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Hi all, We've seen the G-scope and it's fabulous! Doug Arion, it's primary designer, sent one of the prototypes out to us in December for some work that we...
Stephanie J Slater
sslaterwyo@...
Mar 9, 2009 9:35 pm
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Peter, We are placing a large order of telescopes by collaborating with area schools and astronomy clubs and pooling our resources. You can see disassembly and...
Lecturer in Geological Sciences and Earth Science Education at UNC-CH The Department of Geological Sciences at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
Tim Slater
timslaterwyo@...
Mar 10, 2009 4:58 pm
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Does anyone know approximately what percentage of astronomy grad schools have a formal procedure for training grad students to teach astronomy and what the...
The number is quite small, nationally. Many unversities have a manditory training program for all teaching assistants, most often a half-day. This is...
Tim Slater
timslaterwyo@...
Mar 11, 2009 2:20 pm
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Regarding what universities do for grad student teacher training, here's my experiences: When I was at Pitt (University of Pittsburgh) as a grad student...
Tim, I can attest to that. When I was an astronomy grad student in the 90s, we were asked (voluntary) to go to one session of two hours or so for training on...
I have 2 requests: I am a High School teacher in Tampa, Fl. I look every summer for Educational Workshops in Astronomy. I have attended the education workshops...
I am the program manager for an NSF sponsored GK-12 program. This program has 10 STEM graduate students each year training to become better communicators of...
Hi Elaine (and everyone else), I have few ideas for workshops: Science Workshops for Educators at Penn State http://teachscience.psu.edu/ -- there is a tuition...
Elaine, to my knowledge, there is no observatory in Ecuador; however, you may take a trip to either Chile (La Silla) where there is the famous observatory...
Wilson, Ernst
ewilson@...
Mar 12, 2009 5:39 pm
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At UBC, all incoming TAs, both in physics and astronomy, participate in a 1-day TA training workshop in early September. This workshop is lead by experienced...
Elaine, Regarding your second question: there are 2 online programs I can suggest. The first is Swinburne University of Melbourne in Australia. The website...
When I served as AAS Education Coordinator 10 years ago we did a survey of astronomy faculty. A little less than half had ever attended any seminar on...
When I was a graduate student in Physics at the University of Minnesota (1991-1996), Ken and Pat Heller had devised a two-week program for training GA to be...
Elaine, Regarding your search for a distance learning masters in astronomy, check out the James Cook University (Australia) Master of Astronomy program at ...
You may be interested in this Master's Degree in Space Education online program: http://worldwide.erau.edu/degrees-programs/graduate/space-education.html Stacy...
Hello, Everyone, The global citizen-science campaign on light pollution, known as GLOBE a Night (http://www.globe.gov/GaN), starts on Monday, March 16th and ...
I must ask a related question, what incentive does a University or Department have to train grad students? Or, spinning it a little for our audience, how do...
Hah! Some universities have figured out that the undergrads (or their parents) are the paying customers so the quality of teaching counts a lot. Grad...
john huchra
huchra@...
Mar 16, 2009 3:54 pm
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In a word: money. If we can funnel some of the Obama Education and/or Science money to this task, then I think it might happen. The fundamental problem is...
There are lots of successful examples out there, and you don't have to reinvent the wheel! The National Center for Academic Transformation <thencat.org> has...
Hi! There are a couple additional summer astronomy (and planetary science) educator workshops: Teacher Workshops at McDonald Observatory in Summer 2009:...
I thought this group might be interested in this education editorial in Science, "The Next Campaign" by Leon Lederman (Illinois Mathematics and Science...
I just gave a midterm exam in which, for the first time, students were ejected for using their cells phones to attempt cheating. They were accessing the...
... I simply tell my students if I see or hear any cell phone or electronic device during the exam, they fail the exam. I've never had a problem since I have...
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