European Association for Astronomy Education explained

European Association for Astronomy Education
Type:Astronomy Education Organization
Membership:teachers from 26 European countries
Formation:1995
Website:www.eaae-astronomy.org

The European Association for Astronomy Education or EAAE[1] is a non-profit European organization for the promotion of science education in general, and of astronomy in particular.[2]

The Organization was founded on November 25, 1995, in Athens, as a result of the Declaration of the EU/ESO workshop on Teaching of Astronomy in Europe's Secondary Schools that was held at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Headquarters in Garching in November 1994.[3]

Structure

The Professional association|Association gathers the General Assembly for strategic decisions, and an Executive Council as the operational management. There are also National Representatives with a role on promoting the EAAE and its activities in their countries.[4] [5]

Working Groups

International activities are promoted through the activity of three Working Groups.[6]

Partnerships

The EAAE has had a long term collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in many projects, including "Astronomy On-Line"[11] or "Catch a Star" [12] and has also collaborated with the European Space Agency (ESA) and with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on the organization of Physics on Stage and Science on Stage.[13] Like most major organizations, since 2009 the EAAE has grown in social networks and has now mirrors of the "EAAE News" [14] on Facebook,[15] Twitter[16] and Portal to the Universe.[17] The EAAE has also collaborations with The European Planetarium Network (EuroPlaNet) and with the Euro-Asian Association of Teachers of Astronomy (EAATA).

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.eaae-astronomy.org/home/ European Association for Astronomy Education, EAAE
  2. http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/v35n1/255.pdf Reichen, M. (2006). The European Association for Astronomy Education (Abstract), JAAVSO Volume 35, p.255 (PDF)
  3. http://www.eaae-astronomy.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5%3Adeclaration-1994&catid=35%3Aeaae-general&Itemid=27 Declaration of the EU/ESO workshop 1994
  4. http://www.eaae-astronomy.org European Association for Astronomy Education Homepage
  5. http://www.eaae-astronomy.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=73 EAAE National Representatives
  6. http://www.eaae-astronomy.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=81 General Assembly, Madrid, 2009
  7. http://www.eaae-astronomy.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=70 Working Group 1-Collaborative Projects
  8. http://www.eaae-astronomy.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=62 Working Group 2-Catch a Star
  9. http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/cas/cas2008/ "Catch a Star Project"
  10. http://www.eaae-astronomy.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=63 Working Group 3-Teacher Summer Schools
  11. http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/v35n1/255.pdf West, R.(2006). The "Astronomy On-Line" Project (Abstract), JAAVSO Volume 35, p.256 (PDF)
  12. http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/cas/cas2008/ "Catch a Star Project"
  13. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMBFM7LURE_0.html Science on Stage Project Partners Page
  14. http://eaae-astronomy.org/blog/ EAAE News blog
  15. http://www.facebook.com/pages/EAAE-News/343623555244 EAAE News on Facebook
  16. https://twitter.com/EAAE_Astronomy EAAE News on Twitter
  17. http://www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/feeds/view/593/ EAAE News on Portal to the Universe

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