Virtual tours and exhibits: an innovative tool for education and public outreach in INAF

<p>This critical period we are living worldwide forced us to rearrange our way of engaging general public and students to talk about science. Internet and computers are the most used tools for education and public outreach. INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics) has embraced this new way of interacting with the public by developing virtual tours and exhibits of its museums and telescopes spread all over Italy. In this years, INAF’s researchers, thanks to “Polvere di stelle”, the cultural heritage for Italian astronomy, and the editorial staff of EduINAF, the official INAF online magazine for education, have collected and developed a series of virtual tours of the INAF observatories, telescopes and museums managed by the institute. By staying comfortable at home, general public, students and professors can easily access guided tours, which will fully immerse the users to admire the whole scientific and historic INAF’s heritage. During the presentation, some examples will be displayed to the audience.</p>

Gopalswamy Receives 2019 Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach Award

Nat “Gopal” Gopalswamy received the 2019 Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington (SPARC) Education and Public Outreach Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019, held 9–13 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award is “presented annually to a senior scientist for significant impact on the public’s understanding of space physics and aeronomy through their education or outreach activities.”

The vigorous development of data driven astronomy education and public outreach (DAEPO)

Astronomy education and public outreach (EPO) is one of the important part of the future development of astronomy. During the past few years, as the rapid evolution of Internet and the continuous change of policy, the breeding environment of science EPO keep improving and the number of related projects show a booming trend. EPO is no longer just a matter of to teachers and science educators but also attracted the attention of professional astronomers. Among all activates of astronomy EPO, the data driven astronomy education and public outreach (abbreviated as DAEPO) is special and important. It benefits from the development of Big Data and Internet technology and is full of flexibility and diversity. We will present the history, definition, best practices and prospective development of DAEPO for better understanding this active field.

Doherty Receives 2018 Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach (SPARC) Award

Patricia Doherty will receive the 2018 Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach (SPARC) Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D.�C. The award is given “for significant and outstanding impact on students’ and the public’s understanding of our science through their education and/or outreach activities.”

A curricularização da extensão universitária em um curso de formação de professores de matemática

<p><strong>Resumo</strong></p><p>O artigo apresenta um recorte da dissertação Curricularização da extensão universitária: possibilidades em um curso de Matemática Licenciatura, realizada com o objetivo de investigar possibilidades de inserção de atividades extensionistas no currículo de um curso de Matemática Licenciatura, tendo como premissa a deliberação do Ministério de Educação de que a extensão seja incorporada em, no mínimo, 10% do total de créditos de formação acadêmica. A pesquisa configurou-se como um estudo de natureza qualitativa, na qual foi desenvolvido um projeto de extensão com a participação de sete acadêmicos do curso de Matemática da Ulbra e 270 participantes da comunidade externa. Os resultados obtidos e as reflexões realizadas levam a considerar que uma das possibilidades viáveis para a inserção de atividades extensionistas no currículo de um curso de Licenciatura em Matemática é a modalidade de projetos de extensão. </p><p><strong>Palavras-chave</strong></p><p>Extensão universitária. Formação inicial de professores. Projetos extensionistas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Curricularization of Education and Public Outreach at a Mathematics Teacher Education Course </strong></p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>This article presents a selected topic of the dissertation titled Curricularização da extensão universitária: possibilidades em um curso de Matemática Licenciatura [Curricularization of Education and Public Outreach: Possibilities in a Mathematics Licensure Program], which investigated the possibilities of incorporating outreach activities to the curriculum of an undergraduate mathematics licensure program, based on a decision by the Ministry of Education that education and public outreach be incorporated in at least 10% of total undergraduate credits. The research consisted of a qualitative study in which we developed an outreach project with seven undergraduate students at the ULBRA’s undergraduate mathematics program. The project was attended by 270 people from the local community. According to our results and reflections thereof, we found that a viable way to incorporate education and public outreach activities to the curriculum of an undergraduate mathematics licensure program is through the outreach project modality.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong></p><p>Education and public outreach. Initial teacher education. Outreach projects.</p><p> </p><p><strong>La curricularización de la extensión universitaria en un curso de formación de profesores de matemáticas </strong></p><p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>El artículo presenta un recorte de la disertación Curricularização da extensão universitária: possibilidades em um curso de Matemática Licenciatura [Curricularización de la extensión universitaria: posibilidades en un curso de grado de Profesorado en Matemáticas], realizada con el objetivo de investigar las posibilidades de introducir actividades extensionistas en el currículo de un curso de grado de Profesorado en Matemáticas, teniendo como premisa la decisión del Ministerio de Educación de Brasil de que la extensión se incorpore en, al menos, el 10 % de los créditos de formación académica. La investigación se configuró como un estudio de naturaleza cualitativa, en la cual se desarrolló un proyecto de extensión con la participación de siete académicos del curso de Matemáticas de la Universidad Luterana de Brasil (Ulbra) y 270 participantes de la comunidad externa. Los resultados obtenidos y las reflexiones hechas llevan a considerar que una de las posibilidades viables para introducir actividades extensionistas en el currículo de un curso de grado de Profesorado en Matemáticas es la modalidad de proyectos de extensión.</p><p><strong>Palabras clave</strong></p><p>Extensión universitaria. Formación inicial de profesores. Proyectos extensionistas.</p>