How Astronomy Olympiads and the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics can help with Astronomy Education
PosterAstronomy education around the world
2nd Shaw-IAU Workshop
Thursday Oct. 8, 2020
UTC: 1:40 p.m. - 3 p.m.
, UTC: 8:20 p.m. - 9:40 p.m.
Greg Stachowski
(Pedagogical University of Cracow)
About my experiences with the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (a competition for senior high-school students) in which I have been involved since it started in 2007.
We have currently about 45 countries participating with varying levels of astronomy education and preparation. I can talk about how the olympiad has motivated students and teachers in various countries, how organising the olympiad has impacted professional-amateur-teacher collaboration and what kind of support and materials the olympiad has resulted in which can be useful for teaching.
Biography:
Greg Stachowski is an assistant professor at the Pedagogical University in Krakow, Poland, where he educates future teachers in physics and astronomy, and researches variable stars and the history of astronomy. He has been involved with the Polish national astronomy olympiad for 20 years, has participated in the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) since 2007 and is the current President of the IOAA.
