FA090 Teaching astronomy in the middle school

Faculty of Science
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Aleš Lacina, CSc.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Specificity of a teaching in astronomy. Relations among astronomy, physics, mathematics, chemistry and philosophy. Pedagogic and psychologic aspects of the teaching. How to develop the thought and the creative abilities of the students. Exploitation of computers in the teaching. Models in astronomy. How to verify the knowledge of students. Teaching of astronomy in the elementary and the secondary school. Structure of the general subjects in Astrophysics for the grammar schools. Characteristics of individual topics. Gravitational field. Fundamental parameters of stars. Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Stars. Systems of stars. Galaxies. Cosmogony. Cosmology.
Literature
  • Štefl, V.: Výuka astronomie na gymnáziu. UJEP, Brno 1987.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2002, recent)
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