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Classical Astronomy as an educational resource in a Faculty of Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

Antonio Eff-Darwich Open the ORCID record for Antonio Eff-Darwich [Opens in a new window] ,
Erik Stengler ,
Gad El-Qady ,
Usama Rahona ,
Ashraf Shaker ,
Makram Ibrahim Open the ORCID record for Makram Ibrahim [Opens in a new window] ,
Manuel Núñez ,
Victor Medina ,
Adán Yanes  and
Pere Ll. Pallé
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Antonio Eff-Darwich
Affiliation:
Departamento de Didácticas Específicas, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain email: adarwich@ull.edu.es
Erik Stengler
Affiliation:
Museum Studies, SUNY Oneonta, USA
Gad El-Qady
Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt
Usama Rahona
Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt
Ashraf Shaker
Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt
Makram Ibrahim
Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt
Manuel Núñez
Affiliation:
IES Alcalde Bernabé Rodríguez, Tenerife, Spain
Victor Medina
Affiliation:
Colegio Virgen del Mar, Tenerife, Spain
Adán Yanes
Affiliation:
Colegio Salesiano San Isidro, Tenerife, Spain
Pere Ll. Pallé
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
Jesús Martínez-Frías
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geociencias, IGEO (CSIC-UCM)
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Abstract

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History, Maths and Astronomy are all mixed up in an innovative educational project that is being carried out in the Faculty of Education of the Universidad de La Laguna, in Spain. Students learn how to teach (to primary school students) about the shape of the Earth, the distances to the Moon, the Sun and other planets, collecting their own data with simple instrumentation and, most important, to connect ideas and different disciplines. The structure and contents of this project are presented, as well as examples of the activities that are carried out.

Keywords

Astronomypre-service teachersprimary school
Type
Poster Paper
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy , December 2019 , pp. 411 - 412
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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