A Method to Carry Out Astronomy Education Based on Curriculum Standards: Using the construction of school-based astronomy curriculum by Jiangsu Tianyi High School Astronomical Society as an example

A Method to Carry Out Astronomy Education Based on Curriculum Standards: Using the construction of school-based astronomy curriculum by Jiangsu Tianyi High School Astronomical Society as an example

Presenter: Xinrong Shen, Jiangsu Tianyi High School, Jiangsu Autonomous Learning Institute, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China and Zhuoyan Xie, Jiangsu Tianyi High School, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

This was a poster presented at the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).

In the 2017 edition of “General Senior Middle School Geography Curriculum Standards” in mainland China, “Astronomy Fundamentals” is, for the first time, listed as an independent elective module, which lays the foundation for the development of high school astronomy education from the national curriculum standards. As a provincial-level “excellent middle school astronomical society”, Tianyi Astronomical Society has systematically carried out the construction of school-based middle school astronomy curriculum based on national curriculum standards. It has developed rich curriculum of three types - popularisation, academic, and research. It has carried out a series of extraordinary research independently or in cooperation with world-leading institutions, and achieved fruitful results.

About the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop:

The topic for this year’s Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education is ‘Leveraging the potential of astronomy in formal education’ and is scheduled to run 15 to 17 November 2022 as a fully virtual event on Hopin as in previous years. This year’s Shaw-IAU Workshop focuses on the role of astronomy in the core regions of formal, primary and secondary, education: How do we teach astronomy as its own subject? What is the role of astronomy in teaching physics or chemistry – or in communicating such a central future topic as climate change? In sessions marked with a * we aim to hear specifically from teachers. We also address the question of how to approach those who set the framework for teaching: How can you get your administration, or at a much higher level: your education ministry, to listen to you? Last but not least we look at how to bridge the divide between the fundamentals that are commonly taught in school and results from cutting-edge research, which tend to be fascinating to students and the general public alike. he workshop was organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (http://astro4edu.org). More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/4th-shaw-iau-workshop/

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