AY 375 - Fall 2016: Eleventh Day Lesson Plan

(20 minutes) Trade teaching statements with 2 people (10 minutes each) and fill out the Peer Review form for each. Students will provide detailed feedback regarding the strengths and weaknesses of each other's teaching philosophy statements.

(10 minutes) Class discussion. Students will share which ideas they found to be engaging in each other's statements, and which ideas took them by surprise.

(10 minutes) Slides led by Michael.

• Key Takeaways:
  • Many career opportunities for outreach and education exist outside of a university setting including:
    • Planetariums, Science Museums
    • Public Relations at a university or research center
    • K-12 Teacher
    • Science Journalism (National Science Writers Association )
    • Public Policy (American Association for the Advancement of Science fellowship program )
  • Numerous online resources point out opportunities to engage the public in astronomy education.
    • AAS Careers in Astronomy
    • Astronomy Career Profiles from the AAS Newsletter Archives
    • AAS Astronomy Ambassadors
    • Astronomy Education Review

(10 minutes) Discussion on the value of EPO (Education and Public Outreach)

1. Reminder: No class the next two weeks! Final class on 11/16.
2. Edit your teaching statement using feedback from your peers. Put a copy of your final version in Carina's mailbox by 11/9.