Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

Schedule

• Welcome and brief description of workshop

  

  Markus Pössel (Office of Astronomy for Education/Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)

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• Welcome from the IAU

  

  Ewine van Dishoeck (President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Leiden University)

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• Greetings from the Carl Zeiss Foundation

  

  Theresia Bauer (MdL, Chair of the Carl Zeiss Foundation Administration, Minister for Science, Research and Art of the State of Baden-Württemberg)

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• Greetings from the Klaus Tschira Foundation

  In 1995, Klaus Tschira established the Klaus Tschira Stiftung, a foundation which was built on his vision to foster the natural sciences, mathematics and computer science, as well as the appreciation of these fields. In 1997, Beate Spiegel joined and began building up the foundation together with Klaus Tschira. Since 2011, she has been the managing director of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung. She worked side by side with Klaus Tschira until his passing in 2015, and has now been sharing the managing responsibilities with Carsten Könneker since 2019.

  

  Beate Spiegel (Managing Director of the Klaus Tschira Foundation)

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• Greetings from the Shaw Prize Foundation

  

  Kenneth Young (Chairman of the Shaw Prize Council and Vice Chair of its Board of Adjudicators, Shaw Prize Foundation)

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• How the OAE Came Into Being

  

  Teresa Lago (General Secretary of the IAU)

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• Astronomy and Space Science: On top of Children’s interest

  The talk presents selected results from the ROSE-project (Relevance Of Science Education), a study of how 15 year old students in different countries relate to science and technology. Young people from some 50 countries expressed their experiences, attitudes, interests and future plans. Data reveal interesting differences between young people from different countries as well as large differences between girls and boys. Astronomy comes out in a most positive way. A follow-study of ROSE is being planned and is open for participation.

  

  Svein Sjøberg (Professor in Science Education, Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Oslo, Norway)

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