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Developing Science Education and Outreach Partnerships at Research Institutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

K. L. Dow*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Like many research institutions, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysicsf (CfA), has been actively engaged in education and public outreach activities for many years. The Harvard University Department of Astronomy, the formal higher education arm of the CfA, offers an undergraduate concentration and a doctoral program. In our Science Education Department, educational researchers manage ten programs that address the needs of teachers and students (K-12 and college), through advanced technology, teacher enhancement programs, and the development of curriculum materials. The Editorial and Public Affairs Department offers several public lecture series, recorded sky information, children's nights, and runs the Whipple Observatory Visitors Center in Amado, AZ. In this environment of successful programs, the High Energy Astrophysics (HEA) division, one of seven research divisions at the CfA, has initiated, or partnered with other institutions, development of several new education and outreach programs. Some of these programs involve partnerships with the education community, but all of them have been initiated by and involve scientists.

Type
Section Five
Copyright
Copyright © 1996

References

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is a research bureau of the Smithsonian Institution. Research at the Harvard University Department of Astronomy is carried out at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Together, the two institutions comprise the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.