3 papers
astro-ph.IM2022
Teaching Philosophy and Science of Space Exploration (PoSE)
Serife Tekin, Carmen Fies, Chris Packham
Capitalizing on the enthusiasm about space science in the general public, our goal as an interdisciplinary group of scholars is to design and teach a new team-taught interdisciplin…
astro-ph.IM2021
Transitioning STEM-focused Teacher Professional Development from f2f toOnline
Carmen Fies, Chris Packham
This paper compares two cases of a Teacher Professional Development (TPD) focused on astronomy education: the San Antonio Teacher Training Astronomy Academy (SATTAA). The central q…
physics.ed-ph2021
Interdisciplinary Teams for Teacher Professional Development
Carmen Fies, Chris Packham
Secondary school teachers often lack the necessary content background in astronomy to teach such a course confidently. Our theory of change postits that an increased confidence lev…