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Training of School Teachers at French Astronomy Summer Universities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. Gerbaldi ,
L. Bottinelli ,
L. Gouguenheim ,
F. Delmas  and
J. Dupré
M. Gerbaldi
Affiliation:
Institut d’Astrophysique, 98 bis Bd Arago, 75014 Paris, France Université de Paris XI, Centre d’Orsay, Lab. d’Astronomie Bât 470, 91405 Orsay, France
L. Bottinelli
Affiliation:
Université de Paris XI, Centre d’Orsay, Lab. d’Astronomie Bât 470, 91405 Orsay, France Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, DERADN, 92195 Meudon, France
L. Gouguenheim
Affiliation:
Université de Paris XI, Centre d’Orsay, Lab. d’Astronomie Bât 470, 91405 Orsay, France Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, DERADN, 92195 Meudon, France
F. Delmas
Affiliation:
Institut d’Astrophysique, 98 bis Bd Arago, 75014 Paris, France
J. Dupré
Affiliation:
Université de Paris XI, Centre d’Orsay, Lab. d’Astronomie Bât 470, 91405 Orsay, France Université de Paris XI, Centre d’Orsay, Lab. Infrarouge Bât 350, 91405 Orsay, France

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In September 1976, at the end of the IAU General Assembly held at Grenoble (France), a one-day meeting concerning the teaching of astronomy was organized by Commission 46. It was decided during this symposium, which brought together 150 French school teachers and 50 astronomers, among other things, to organize a summer school of astronomy the following summer. Since then, such a school has been organized every summer. These astronomy Summer Universities are one of the activities developed by the non-profit organization CLEA (Comité de Liaison Enseignants Astronomes) whose activities are discussed elsewhere in these proceedings. In astronomy, children are always very curious. Because of this interest, in the 1970’s some French astronomers applied pressure on the Education Ministry to introduce the subject in schools, and they were successful. However, astronomy was not introduced as a new separate subject, but rather as a part of another subject, mainly mathematics or physics.

Type
10. Teacher Training
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 105: The Teaching of Astronomy , 1990 , pp. 297 - 306
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990