The New Astronomy Curriculum Pilot Program in Turkey

Yelkenci A. F.

4th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, Heidelberg, Almanya, 15 - 17 Kasım 2022, ss.19-20

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Heidelberg
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Almanya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.19-20
  • İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The New Astronomy Curriculum Pilot Program in Turkey


Speaker: Aysegul F. Teker Yelkenci, Department of Physics, Istanbul Kultur


University, Turkey


A new astronomy curriculum study for secondary schools by the


Ministry of Education in cooperation with TÜBİTAK (the Scientific


and Technological Research Council of Turkey) is in preliminary


progress since 2021. Three extended astronomy and astrophysics


courses have been proposed for secondary education in science


high schools in Turkey. One these courses has been approved for


the pilot program to be applied in TÜBİTAK Science high school.


Detailed teaching program of the “Astronomy and Universe”


mandatory course is designed in cooperation with astronomers,


physics teachers, course development and design experts, and


evaluation and assessment experts. A group of astronomers and


physics teachers are now working on the textbooks for the new


pilot program starting in 2023.