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Using Television for Astronomy Teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Julieta Fierro
Julieta Fierro*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Apt 70 264, México DF 04510, México. e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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The full potential of television for education has not been used in developing nations. It is relatively inexpensive to produce astronomy programs that can be broadcast taking advantage of satellite transmissions.

We suggest that these programs should have the following elements in order to be efficient:

  1. 1 Be in the local language.

  2. 2 Be short enough so that the teacher has a chance to comment on them during a one-hour lecture.

  3. 3 Show experiments specially if they are meant for schools that do not have laboratory facilities.

  4. 4 Be produced for several educational levels, including programs aimed for teacher training.

Inexpensive books should be edited in the local language in order to serve as an educational complement to the television series.

Type
Section 3: Initiatives in Astronomy Education
Information
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Special session: Astronomy for Developing Countries , 2001 , pp. 107 - 109
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2001