Workshop at the UNAWE International Workshop 2015 in Leiden, the Netherlands 5 - 9 October.

1. What should an 18-
year old know about
astronomy?

2. Astronomy Literacy Goals

3. Astronomy Literacy Goals
• Benchmark for advancement of astronomy
education
• Framework for educators around the globe as
starting point
• Based on AAAS goals for 2061
• Idea: Literate public sees Halley

5. Why Literacy?
• Science literacy
▫ Wide-spread science capital
▫ Understanding of technology
▫ Science/Technical jobs
▫ Democracy
▫ Scientific reasoning

6. Why Literacy?
• Astronomy literacy
▫ Part of science literacy
Catalyst for other subjects
▫ Global citizenship
▫ Cultural heritage

7. General method other
literacy documents
• Draft document
• Meetings with community
• Revision
• Online public review
• Revision
• Expert review
• Launch
• Updates

8. Method: Start
• Starting point: AAAS Project 2061 - Benchmarks
for Science Literacy (1993)
▫ Section: The Physical Setting
• Subtract astronomy parts
• For global use: age groups
• Add learning goals from Universe in a Box

9. astronomy literacy concepts
Cecilia Scorza (HdA/ESO)
Hyunju Lee (Leiden University)
Lars Lindberg Christensen (ESO)
Pedro Russo (Leiden University
looking for more collaborators
top level categories
1.history of astronomy
2.astronomy in everyday life
3.astronomy as a science
4.astronomy and technology
5.solar system
6.stars
7.galaxies
8.cosmology
9.life in the universe
10.earth, our fragile planet
10 main principles
50 sub-principles
2nd draft: https://goo.gl/jt0buc

10. astronomy literacy concepts
concepts booklet: policy-makers, curriculum developers (led by Hyunju Lee)
education guide: teachers, educators, astronomers (led by Cecilia Scorza)
Sep.
2014
August
2015
October
2016
IAU GA
2018