Under the Same Sky: Teaching the Teachers in Liberia Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/under-the-same-sky-teaching-the-teachers-in-liberia/ Astronomy for a better world! Mon, 03 Aug 2020 10:20:14 +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 Under the Same Sky: Teaching the Teachers in Liberia Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/under-the-same-sky-teaching-the-teachers-in-liberia/ 32 32 Final report https://astro4dev.org/final-report-40/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 10:20:14 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21351 The project organized a 6-days workshop for 61 science teachers in Monrovia, Liberia. The educational system, as one of the key drivers for social and economic development, is in a devastating condition after two civil wars and the Ebola crisis. The workshop aimed at supporting the teachers with basic astronomy knowledge and classroom experiments to [...]

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]]> Teachers Workshop https://astro4dev.org/teachers-workshop/ Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:23:26 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18780 61 teachers participated in a science teachers workshop organized by the Helping Hands Network (2HNET) at the University of Liberia. The workshop used astronomy as a gateway to scientific literacy & highlight its unifying aspects, important for post-war Liberia. It was also supported as an IAU100 special project. Liberia: Helping Hands Network Inspires High School [...]

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]]> Overview https://astro4dev.org/overview-15/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:25:16 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18035 We will provide a 2-week workshop for up to 40 science teachers in Monrovia, Liberia. The educational system, as one of the key drivers for social and economical development, is in a devastating condition after two civil wars and the Ebola crisis. We are going to support the teachers with basic astronomy knowledge and classroom [...]

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