Education with GROWTH
Education Workshop 2016
In 2016, GROWTH organized a 2 day workshop open to astronomers and educators from around the world to discuss and develop novel tools and materials for undergraduate astronomy education focusing on the broad area of time-domain astronomy. The main objective of this workshops was two-fold. First, we looked for creative and effective ways to integrate GROWTH resources (expertise, facilities, data, etc) into universities' curriculum in order to provide students with a very hands-on, research-based learning experiences. Second, we explored various communications tools to connect teachers and students from different nationalities and backgrounds into one global classroom, bringing together diverse perspectives on commonly discussed topics. The newly developed approaches and materials will be free to use by everyone and will be shared with the community via our website and newsletter.
Next to our annual workshops, we are eager to take part in similar initiatives organized by colleagues around the world. We encourage astronomy faculty members and teaching staff to get in touch with us.