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International Schools for Young Astronomers Teaching for Astronomy Development: two programmes of the International Astronomical Union

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2011

Michèle Gerbaldi ,
Jean-Pierre DeGreve  and
Edward Guinan
Michèle Gerbaldi
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France 98 bis Boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris, France email: gerbaldi@iap.fr
Jean-Pierre DeGreve
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, DNTK, Vrije Univsiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium email: jpdgreve@vub.ac.be
Edward Guinan
Affiliation:
Astronomy and Astrophysics Department, Villanova University, Mendel Hall, 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085, USA email: edward.guinan@villanova.ed
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Abstract

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This text outlines the main features of two educational programmes of the International Astronomical Union (IAU): the International Schools for Young Astronomers (ISYA) and the Teaching for Astronomy Development programme (TAD), developed since 1967.

The main goal of the International Schools for Young Astronomers (ISYA) is to support astronomy (education and research) in developing countries in organizing a 3-week School for students with typically M.Sc. degrees.

The context in which the ISYA were developed changed drastically during the last decade. From a time when access to large telescopes was difficult and mainly organized on a nation-basis, nowadays the archives of astronomical data have accumulated at the same time that many major telescope become accessible, and they are accessible from everywhere, the concept of virtual observatory reinforcing this access.

A second programme of the IAU, Teaching for Astronomy Development (TAD), partially based on a School, but also of shorter duration (typically one week) has a complementary objective. It is dedicated to assist countries that have little or no astronomical activity, but that wish to enhance their astronomy education. The fast development of the TAD programme over the past years is emphasized.

Keywords

IAU Educational Programmes: International Schools for Young Astronomers (ISYA)Teaching for Astronomy Development (TAD)
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S260: The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture , January 2009 , pp. 642 - 649
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

References

Gerbaldi, M. 2007, in IAU Special Session 5, Astronomy for the Developing World. 26th meeting of the IAU Prague, Czech Republic, 2006, p. 221, Hearnshaw, J.B. and Martinez, P. (eds) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).Google Scholar