Dave,
I would be very interested in
seeing the materials.
Chris Park
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Sent: 11 November 2006 12:28
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Subject: Re: [astronomy-education]
GCSE Astronomy and 21st Century Science
It would be interesting to see some of the materials you have produced
to support teachers in their teaching of astronomy.
The Faulkes Telescope Project will soon be launching free online
training to support teachers in the teaching of astronomy generally (and not
just in the use of our telescopes). We will be making this available to a trial
group of teachers first. If there are any teachers who are members of this
group (or any anyone here knows) who would like to see these materials, we can
arrange for you to have access to them.
Regards
Dave
On 11 Nov 2006, at 12:14, Sotira Trifourki wrote:
Hello everyone,
It would be verry interesting to learn why Edexcel
are keen to review
providing the GCSE Astronomy after the
overwhelming responses of
support for the subject which I have received from
school teachers
across the North West and Nationally on the GCSE
Astronomy being added
as a single award option as part of the new GCSE
Science Specifications.
Through working with the Science Learning Centre
North West and Greater
Manchester SETPOINT we have had to quickly produce
activities and CPD
courses that teachers are literally "crying
out for" to support their
understanding of astronomy on the new 21st Century
Science curriculum
and also the GCSE Astronomy.
More and more schools are requesting support from
us for Key stage 4
materials to support the GCSE Science, with up to
4 schools interested
in taking the GCSE Astronomy onto their curriculum
as a single award
for next years study. And all this has come about
through one single
workshop being offered to schools!
Best Wishes, Sotira
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