Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Pedagogical Analyses of Current Space Science Educational Practices at NASA and the Brazilian Space Agency (Norma Teresinha Oliveira Reis, Brazilian Education Ministry – MEC, International Space University – academic year 2007-2008, ISU Intern at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, summer 2008)
Introduction to Part I
1. The Research
2. Space and Education – An Optimal Match for STEM Betterment at the Pre-college Level
3. Space Education at NASA – A Model of Excellence?
4. State-of-the-art Practices in Space Science Education at NASA – Summary and Excerpts of Interviews with Specialists
4.1. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Education Projects
4.2. Sun-Earth Day Team
4.3. Space Weather Action Center (SWAC)
4.4. Radio Jove
4.5. Educator Astronaut Project
4.6. NASA Explorer Schools
4.7. NASA Academy
4.8. Solar System Radio Explorer Kiosk – SSREK
4.9. GLOBE Program
4.10. INSPIRE
4.11. NASA TV Education
4.12. The AEB School Program – A Brazilian initiative for the enhancement of STEM
5. Pedagogical Analyses and Recommendations
Conclusions
How it All Started – A Childhood’s Dream
Bibliography
Appendices
Part 2. Special Invited Chapters
Chapter 1 – The Radio Jove Project
(James R. Thieman, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA)
Chapter 2 – Mobile Devices for STEM Learning to Go: Guidelines for Selecting Mobile Devices and Applications to Enhance STEM Learning
(Laurie F. Ruberg, Kendyl Morris Kimberly, Charles A. Wood, Wheeling Jesuit University, WV, USA)
Chapter 3 – Scientific Education in Brazil
(Marcos Cesar Pontes, United Nations Industrial Development Organization Goodwill Ambassador, Brazil)
Chapter 4 – Brazilian Olympiad of Astronomy and Astronautics
(João Batista Garcia Canalle, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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Chapter 5 – Space Technology in Education – Indian Perspective
(Bhushit G. Vaishnav, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India)
Chapter 6 – NASA GSFC Opportunities for STEM Professionals Using the Vantage Point of Space
(Blanche W. Meeson, Geraldine B. Robbins, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA)
Contributors
Index