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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2019.40.3.300

The Development of an Astronomical Observing Education Program for High School Science Club Activities - Inquiring Distances of Open Clusters Using Small Telescopes -  

Choi, Dong-Yeol (Laboratory of Earth Science, Daejeon Science Highschool)
Yoon, Ma-Byong (Department of Science Education, Jeonju University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.40, no.3, 2019 , pp. 300-312 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to develop an astronomical observing education program that enables high school students to inquire the distance of astronomical bodies based on the research methods (observing open clusters and exploring collected big data) using small telescopes and DSLR cameras. After analyzing the 2015 revised science curriculum, we developed science club activity materials and teacher-student learning contents suitable for high school earth science education. A panel of six teachers and researchers of earth science education and astronomy, participated in developing the educational materials. The validity of the program was verified through establishing the agreement among the panels after in-depth discussions and clarifications. The program, developed with 10 lessons in total, showed high satisfactory content validity (CVI, .89) and conformity of school class (Likert's 5 point scales, 4.17). The feedback of the panels and the Delphi analysis continued to improve the quality of the program. The pilot testing result with high school students (N=9) showed that the students' satisfaction rate was high as 4.48. Using the astronomical observational education program of this study is expected to contribute in improving the convergence educational activity, interest, curiosity, and inquiry ability of students in the universe and the astronomical bodies.
Keywords
Earth science; Science club activity; Open cluster; Astronomical observation; Convergence education;
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