Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2018
Research on Teaching Astronomy in the Planetarium by Timothy F. Slater and Coty B. Tatge
Teaching astronomy in a planetarium setting might sound like a very rational thing to do - the students get to see where astronomical objects are located and learn how to find them and learn about them. Whether or not it really is a good way to teach students a whole astronomy course or even just parts of it in a planetarium is still a good research topic that hasn't seen too much attention, but this book presents an overview of research on the topic bringing out some of the important aspects of various research papers and the findings on teaching astronomy in the planetarium.
Having worked at a planetarium, I would often wonder how much the students actually learned, understood or even just enjoyed the planetarium shows. This short book gave me ideas about how to go about and find out about just that.
Teaching astronomy in a planetarium setting might sound like a very rational thing to do - the students get to see where astronomical objects are located and learn how to find them and learn about them. Whether or not it really is a good way to teach students a whole astronomy course or even just parts of it in a planetarium is still a good research topic that hasn't seen too much attention, but this book presents an overview of research on the topic bringing out some of the important aspects of various research papers and the findings on teaching astronomy in the planetarium.
Having worked at a planetarium, I would often wonder how much the students actually learned, understood or even just enjoyed the planetarium shows. This short book gave me ideas about how to go about and find out about just that.
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