Informal educational strategies in teaching geosciences when formal courses are unavailable: The experience of aulaGEA in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The presence of geosciences in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools in Argentina has been highly dependent on educational policies that change frequently under political circumstances. Subjects related to geology, geophysics, meteorology, and astronomy make their appearance and disappear...

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spelling todo:paper_10899995_v61_n1_p3_SellesMartinez2023-10-03T16:04:56Z Informal educational strategies in teaching geosciences when formal courses are unavailable: The experience of aulaGEA in Buenos Aires, Argentina Sellés-Martínez, J. Developing countries Education Geosciences IESO Outreach programs curriculum developing world education policy geography education geology knowledge primary education secondary education teaching Argentina The presence of geosciences in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools in Argentina has been highly dependent on educational policies that change frequently under political circumstances. Subjects related to geology, geophysics, meteorology, and astronomy make their appearance and disappear under the influence of educational initiatives that shift focus under changing political circumstances. This paper briefly refers to the evolution of the process in recent decades and describes the efforts made by the Department of Geological Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires to cope with the situation. In 1998, the Department established a science popularization program, AulaGEA ("geo-classroom" in English), with the goal of helping preuniversity students, teachers, and the general public acquire basic knowledge of the geosciences. This was accomplished through different activities and initiatives that are presented here with the hope that they can be useful and inspiring to others working in educational environments that pose similar challenges to geosciences education. © 2013 National Association of Geoscience Teachers. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10899995_v61_n1_p3_SellesMartinez
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topic Developing countries
Education
Geosciences
IESO
Outreach programs
curriculum
developing world
education policy
geography education
geology
knowledge
primary education
secondary education
teaching
Argentina
spellingShingle Developing countries
Education
Geosciences
IESO
Outreach programs
curriculum
developing world
education policy
geography education
geology
knowledge
primary education
secondary education
teaching
Argentina
Sellés-Martínez, J.
Informal educational strategies in teaching geosciences when formal courses are unavailable: The experience of aulaGEA in Buenos Aires, Argentina
topic_facet Developing countries
Education
Geosciences
IESO
Outreach programs
curriculum
developing world
education policy
geography education
geology
knowledge
primary education
secondary education
teaching
Argentina
description The presence of geosciences in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools in Argentina has been highly dependent on educational policies that change frequently under political circumstances. Subjects related to geology, geophysics, meteorology, and astronomy make their appearance and disappear under the influence of educational initiatives that shift focus under changing political circumstances. This paper briefly refers to the evolution of the process in recent decades and describes the efforts made by the Department of Geological Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires to cope with the situation. In 1998, the Department established a science popularization program, AulaGEA ("geo-classroom" in English), with the goal of helping preuniversity students, teachers, and the general public acquire basic knowledge of the geosciences. This was accomplished through different activities and initiatives that are presented here with the hope that they can be useful and inspiring to others working in educational environments that pose similar challenges to geosciences education. © 2013 National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
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title Informal educational strategies in teaching geosciences when formal courses are unavailable: The experience of aulaGEA in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_short Informal educational strategies in teaching geosciences when formal courses are unavailable: The experience of aulaGEA in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full Informal educational strategies in teaching geosciences when formal courses are unavailable: The experience of aulaGEA in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_fullStr Informal educational strategies in teaching geosciences when formal courses are unavailable: The experience of aulaGEA in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Informal educational strategies in teaching geosciences when formal courses are unavailable: The experience of aulaGEA in Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_sort informal educational strategies in teaching geosciences when formal courses are unavailable: the experience of aulagea in buenos aires, argentina
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