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Pre-service Astronomy Education of Teachers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Mary Kay Hemenway
Mary Kay Hemenway*
Affiliation:
The University of Texas, Austin TX USA E-mail: marykay@astro.as.utexas.edu

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There is little research on elementary/secondary teacher preparation. Few teachers are called upon to teach astronomy specifically, or their astronomy teaching is peripheral to their main interest (e.g., general science at lower levels or physics at higher levels). Statistics indicate that large increases in student populations are expected throughout the world. “In 1997, 1.2 billion students were enrolled in schools around the world. Of these students, 668 million were in elementary-level programs, 398 million were in secondary programs, and 88 million were in higher education programs.” (Digest, 2002) These figures included large increases from the 1990 figures, e.g. 38% increase in secondary education and 68% in higher education for Africa, as opportunities to obtain an education and population both grew. (Digest, tables 395 and 412).

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II. Special Scientific Sessions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 1044 - 1045
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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