ASTRONOMY TEACHING AND TEACHERS CONTINUING EDUCATION: THE INTERDISCIPLINARITY DURING A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE

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  • Rodolfo Langhi Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Brasil.

Keywords:

Astronomy education, continuing teachers' education, total lunar eclipse, interdisciplinarity, groups, scientific, amateur and school.

Abstract

This paper describes how 67 teachers from 23 cities, could awaken, in students, the scientific interest, using a natural astronomical phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse. Before and after of eclipse, meetings for continuing education were characterized by interdisciplinarity of astronomy and the importance of these observations. Working groups were formed by teachers and students, who organized the survey data, mobilizing the people in their cities. The results point ways about how to provide the scientific culture and the motivation to learn science in students, using approaches between the following communities: scientific, amateur and school.

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Published

2009-06-01

How to Cite

Langhi, R. (2009). ASTRONOMY TEACHING AND TEACHERS CONTINUING EDUCATION: THE INTERDISCIPLINARITY DURING A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE. Latin-American Journal of Astronomy Education, (7), 15–30. Retrieved from https://relea.ufscar.br/index.php/relea/article/view/124

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