The RECA Mentoring program is focused on guiding students in Colombia who are interested in becoming professional astronomers. It aims to provide concise information so that students interested in becoming professional astronomers can plan their professional future. The program connects astronomers in training with advanced astronomers in their careers (mentors) who will advise the student […]
Category Archives: Latin America + Caribbean
2022, Astro3DBol - Archaeoastronomy Teaching Kit in Bolivia, Latin America + Caribbean
Tiwanakota Archaeoastronomy (Bolivia) Training Workshop by Astro3DBol
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Jun
Jun
The Astro3DBol project is developing educational kits for the teaching of cultural astronomy and archaeoastronomy in the context of the Tiwanakota culture of Bolivia. The project will target educators and those interested in astronomy and the pre-Inca cultures of Bolivia and help them develop a thematic class of Tiwanacota archaeoastronomy. The kits are being developed […]
2021, Latin America + Caribbean, OruMbya - Astronomy as fuel of life
Brazilian Project Brings Together Astronomy, Indigenous Knowledge, and Culture
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May
May
OruMbya (Orum, sky in Yorubá, and Mbya, a Brazilian Guarani ethnicity) is a pilot project to celebrate Astronomy as a fuel of life, in which the stories of the stars preserved in the resilience of people from three different continents have been shared over months, through scientific-cultural activities focused on the dissemination of knowledge, promotion […]
2021, Asteroids workshop: A rocky adventure (Taller de Asteroides: Una aventura rocosa), Latin America + Caribbean
Chilean Workshop Improves Student Learning
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May
May
The project implemented the workshop “Crea tu propio asteroide” (Create your own asteroid) in a diverse collection of schools and locations. Most of the schools were public and located in small communities and towns along Chile, where astronomy is not a common topic in the scholar curriculum. Twenty public schools and 8 subsidized schools were selected […]
2020, COSMOamautas: Training Teachers in rural areas in Peru, Latin America + Caribbean
CosmoAmautas OAD Project Publishes in Nature Astronomy Journal
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Feb
Feb
The CosmoAmautas teacher training project funded by the IAU OAD have published a comment in Nature Astronomy. The article, “The CosmoAmautas project for equitable scientific education in Peru“, presents how the project team is using astronomy to contribute to an accessible and decentralized scientific education in Peru. 95% of the teachers reported having learnt new […]