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Informal astronomy education in Bulgaria at the beginning of the XXI century: organization, continuum, results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

Penka Stoeva Open the ORCID record for Penka Stoeva [Opens in a new window]  and
Alexey Stoev
Penka Stoeva
Affiliation:
Space Research and Technology Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stara Zagora Department, Bulgaria email: penm@abv.bg
Alexey Stoev
Affiliation:
Space Research and Technology Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stara Zagora Department, Bulgaria email: penm@abv.bg
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Abstract

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The report shows the current opportunities for obtaining astronomical knowledge in school and outside it, through the use of non-formal education. These are school and extracurricular activities, schools, astronomical competitions and Olympiads, observation expeditions. For 25 years Bulgaria has been participating in the International Olympiads in Astronomy and Astronomy and Astrophysics with National Teams. The role and place of the system of Public Astronomical Observatories and Planetaria in the system of non-formal education in astronomy are discussed (In Bulgaria there are 7 Public astronomical observatories with a planetarium). Specialized activities in their school forms allow the formation of sustainable astronomical knowledge and observational habits.

Keywords

Sociology of AstronomyHistory and philosophy of astronomy
Type
Poster Paper
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy , December 2019 , pp. 363 - 364
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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