[AstroNet] [Fwd: 11th Issue of Astronomy Education Review Published]

Tue Oct 9 18:58:52 SAST 2007

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Subject: 	11th Issue of Astronomy Education Review Published
Date: 	Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:14:23 UT
From: 	swolff at noao.edu
Reply-To: 	aer at noao.edu
To: 	flanaganc at planet.wits.ac.za

Dear Colleague:

Astronomy Education Review (AER), the web-based journal/magazine for everyone
involved in astronomy education and outreach, is pleased to announce the
on-line publication of its 11th issue, full of new ideas and practical help
for educators. It is now ready on the web site: http://aer.noao.edu/

The papers in the just completed issue are listed below. We especially want to 
call everyone's attention to the second paper, by Robert O'Connell, which is
in essence a handbook for new instructors and TA's, and summarizes the
experience and practical advice of the teaching faculty in a major department.

We also want to announce a new project that we are undertaking at AER. 
We are planning to do a special section (or even perhaps a special issue) that
will contain short papers and research relating to astronomy demonstrations. 
We are inviting colleagues to write up innovative or improved demos for
classroom and informal science education use. Full information on how to
submit your favorite demo can be found in an announcement in the new issue
(Volume 6, no. 2) that we have just opened.

The featured papers and articles in the just completed issue include:

* Regulations and Ethical Considerations for Astronomy Education Research by
Erik Brogt, (University of Arizona), et al.
* Facts of Life for New Teachers in the Astronomy Non-majors Curriculum by
Robert W. O'Connell (University of Virginia)
* Bachelor of Science in Astronomy Technology: A Model by Jesus Rodrigo F.
Torres (Rizal Technological University, Philippines)
* Survey of Introductory Astrophysics Textbooks by David Bruning (University
of Wisconsin-Parkside)
* A Theoretical Background on a Successful Implementation of Lecture-Tutorials 
by Erik Brogt (University of Arizona)
* Using Literacy Techniques to Teach Astronomy to Non-Science Majors by C. A.
Garland, (Castleton State College) and D. L. Ratay (Cortana Corporation)
* Science and Nonscience Students' Ideas about Basic Astronomy Concepts in
Preservice Training for Elementary School Teachers by Huseyin Kalkan & Kasim
Kiroglu (Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey)
* Arecibo Observatory for All by P. Bartus (University of Puerto Rico), et al.
* Estimating the Solar Apex Using Stellar Radial Velocities: A Spreadsheet
and Graphical Exercise for College-Level Astronomy Classes by Russell Sampson
(Eastern Connecticut State University)
* Analysis of the Astronomy Diagnostic Test by Erik Brogt (University of 
Arizona), et al.
* Good Reading from Other Sources on Astronomy Education and Outreach by
Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College)
* New Media Technologies: Proposing An Integrated Approach by Aaron Price
(AAVSO)

When you go to the AER site, you will see that the next issue is already under 
way. You can find the full 11th issue by clicking on "back issues" and then 
on "vol. 6, no. 1."

AER actively solicits interesting papers and articles on all aspects of space
science education and outreach. The journal gets between 130,000 and 270,000
hits per month from every state of the U.S. and over 90 other countries.

Sidney Wolff and Andrew Fraknoi
Editors

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