Southeast Asia Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/southeast-asia/ Astronomy for a better world! Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:47:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Southeast Asia Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/southeast-asia/ 32 32 Astro Tourism Project in Malaysia Makes A Mark https://astro4dev.org/astro-tourism-project-in-malaysia-makes-a-mark/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 12:03:12 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=28977 The objectives of this project were: (i) To expose tourist guides to knowledge in astronomy. (ii) To equip them with extra skills in entrepreneurship and astro-tour hospitality and service. (iii) To revamp the tourism sector in Peninsular Malaysia with a new niche in astronomy tourism. Activities The original plan was to conduct a 10-day physical [...]

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]]> Project Trains Preschool Teachers to Teach Astronomy https://astro4dev.org/project-trains-preschool-teachers-to-teach-astronomy/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:34:39 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=28159 ASTROPEST’s objectives were to develop an astronomy teaching and learning module for preschool teachers in Malaysia, apply the modules and assess the level of awareness of the target group regarding the importance of astronomy. Preschool teachers received training in fundamentals of astronomy, hands-on activities, such as how to build a sundial with a practical work [...]

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]]> Overview: Langkawians Guide Malaysians to the Stars https://astro4dev.org/overview-langkawians-guide-malaysians-to-the-stars/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:51:56 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26607 Langkawi Island is Malaysia’s top tourist attraction but it was hit hard by the pandemic crisis. Even though the sector is recovering, many tourist guides are still struggling with financial stress. During the pandemic, they are not able to renew their tour guide badges due to money shortage while during post-pandemic, there are not sufficient [...]

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]]> Pre-school Teacher Training in Malaysia https://astro4dev.org/pre-school-teacher-training-in-malaysia/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:51:04 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26444 ASTROPEST is based on the 21st-century model of teaching and learning, encouraging high quality, inclusive, equitable education, and promoting opportunities for lifelong learning for pre-school teachers. Preschool teachers will receive training in fundamentals of astronomy, hands-on activities, in a 2 days training program. Knowledge transfer activities will also be provided for pre-school kids and the [...]

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]]> Overview: Astronomy training outreach for preschool teachers, Malaysia https://astro4dev.org/overview-astronomy-training-outreach-for-preschool-teachers-malaysia/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:22:11 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24313 Throughout the world, every individual has the right to an education to learn and know something. Therefore, the Malaysian government introduced the preschool program back in 1980. The preschool provides children aged 4 to 6 with an opportunity for early education. Astronomy in early childhood curriculum is meant to increase involvement and interest in learning [...]

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]]> Video on activities https://astro4dev.org/video-on-activities/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:11:34 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21344 IMPACT DOME ( INDONESIA MALAYSIA PROJECT ON ASTRONOMY EDUCATION USING TACTILE IMAGE ) [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2WntV8s1Q8[/embedyt]

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]]> Impact Dome model https://astro4dev.org/impact-dome-model/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 08:29:40 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21346 from Apadilangit Teaching astronomy to visual and hearing impared student is a new topic in Malaysia. Less effort has been allocated to teach astronomy for inclusive and impared students. This is due to lack of needs to emphasize astronomy and it leads to insufficient learning tools and teaching aids produced to teach them. This issue [...]

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]]> Overview https://astro4dev.org/overview-36/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:36:29 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18983 The project will deliver astronomy lectures, games, and do-it-yourself astronomy equipment to young kids. Due to voluminous number of kids who belong below the poverty line, we are aiming to cater about 300 kids for 3batches, in three different places, aged 7-10 years old who are living in the slums of metro manila and will [...]

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]]> In the news https://astro4dev.org/in-the-news/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 05:18:10 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18910 Article in the news about the inclusive astronomy project (in Malay)  

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]]> Overview https://astro4dev.org/overview-17/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:43:06 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18039 Impact Dome is a mobile planetarium for the Visually Impaired (VI). It is a miniatured sphere in geodesic style consisting of a number of triangular and hexagonal segments joined together. It is printed with tactile constellation for each side – for the northern sky and for the southern sky. Triangles can be placed in any [...]

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