Contents

pp vii-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

Participants

pp xiii-xvi

Welcome and Opening Address

pp 1-1

Astronomy Education: an International Perspective

pp 2-6

Special Lecture: Sundials in London – Linking architecture and astronomy

pp 7-10

1 - University Education

pp 11-11

University Education in the next Century

pp 12-15

Who are our Students – and Why does it matter?

pp 16-19

The Use of Photographs in Astronomical Instruction

pp 20-25

New Trends in University Education in Russia: Teaching Natural History for Humanities

pp 26-26

International Schools for Young Astronomers, Astronomically developing countries and Lonely Astronomers

pp 27-31

India

pp 32-34

The Challenge of Teaching Astronomy in Developing Countries

pp 35-36

The MicoObservatory Net

pp 37-37

The European Astrophysics Doctoral Network

pp 38-42

2 - Distance Learning and Electronic Media in Teaching Astronomy

pp 43-43

Distance Education in Astronomy: At-a-distance and on campus, a growing force

pp 44-53

Teaching Astronomy at the University of South Africa

pp 54-59

A Multi-Resource System for Remote Teaching in Astronomy: its aims, its design, the point of view of the learners

pp 60-67

Use of the World Wide Web in Astronomy Teaching

pp 68-73

On-Line Resources for Classroom Use: data and science results from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other missions

pp 74-78

Bringing the Universe into the Laboratory – Project CLEA: contemporary laboratory exercises in astronomy

pp 79-87

Project LINK: a live and interactive network of knowledge

pp 88-88

Computer as a Tool in Astronomy Teaching

pp 89-92

Mathwise Astronomy and the Teaching and Learning Technology Project: aiding or degrading education

pp 93-99

A Virtual Telescope for the Open University Science Foundation Course

pp 100-105

The Presence of Multimedia in Astronomy Teaching

pp 106-108

3 - The Student Learning Process

pp 109-109