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Formal education in astronomy in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Hugo Levato
Hugo Levato*
Affiliation:
Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito, CONICET, Argentina email: hlevato@casleo.gov.ar
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Abstract

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We review the present situation of the formal education in astronomy in the Latin American countries. We have concluded that we can divide the countries into three categories according with the different development of the astronomical careers in astronomy.

Keywords

EducationastronomyLatin American countries
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Special Session SPS5: Astronomy for the developing world , August 2006 , pp. 27 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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