Papers from the NSTA Boston 2008 meeting

For further information, please contact Dr. Lawrence Krumenaker, Dept of Math and Science Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Best way is LKrumena@uga.edu.

The two pdf files linked below are excerpts from Dr. Krumenaker's dissertation (Spring 2008) that give more detail than could be provided by handouts or in the 30-minute presentation on Saturday March 29, 2008 at the Boston NSTA meeting, entitled "High School Astronomy Courses: How Teachers Say Create and Maintain Them." If you cite them please use the following citation:

Krumenaker, L. (2008). The Status and Makeup of the U.S. High School Astronomy Course in the Era of No Child Left Behind. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia, Athens.

  1. How to start a high school course of astronomy, click here.
  2. How to defend an existing high school course when threatened by NCLB or other influences, click here.

A list of resources that teachers use to keep up with astronomy, astronomy education pedagogy, and the community of astronomy educators (the subject of a January 2008 AAPT presentation) can be found at http://lkrumena.myweb.uga.edu/AAPT.htm

Success to all those to whom this work has been introduced!

Larry Krumenaker, Ph.D.

Note: As I will be leaving UGA, I can not guarantee how long these pages will be available!