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Teaching Astronomy in non-formal education: stars workshop

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2006

A. Ortiz-Gil ,
V. Martínez ,
M. Hernán-Obispo ,
I. Crespo-Chacón ,
M.C. Gálvez  and
J. López-Santiago
M. Hernán-Obispo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain Escuela de Tiempo Libre Jumavi
I. Crespo-Chacón
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
M.C. Gálvez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
J. López-Santiago
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

One of the fields in which teaching Astronomy is more demanded is non-formal education. The Stars Workshop we present in this contribution consisted on an introduction to Astronomy and observation methods. The main objectives were: to know the main components of the Universe, their characteristics and the scales of size and time existing between them; to understand the movement of the different celestial objects; to know the different observational techniques; to value the different historical explanations about the Earth and the position of Humanity in the Universe. This Stars Workshop was a collaboration with the Escuela de Tiempo Libre Jumavi, which is a school dedicated to the training and non-formal education in the leisure field.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 16: Teaching and Communicating Astronomy – JENAM'04 , 2005 , pp. 209 - 212
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2005

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