ASTRONOMY CURRICULUM FOR LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Poster
Astronomy Education in Schools in Practice (Secondary Schools)
7th Shaw-IAU Workshop
Tuesday Nov. 18, 2025
UTC: 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. America/New_York: 12:30 p.m.- 2 p.m.
, Friday Nov. 21, 2025
UTC: 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. America/New_York: 7:30 a.m.- 9 a.m.

After the astronomy curriculum for primary level, the one for lower secondary level has been recently approved by the Romanian Ministry of Education. Therefore, teachers interested in astronomy education from all over Romania are preparing to implement it in their schools under the direct coordination of the Romanian NAEC and national inspector for Mathematics and Astronomy at the Ministry of Education, Elisabeta Ana Naghi. There will be a Romanian session as part of the 7th Shaw IAU Workshop, session dedicated to teacher training regarding the implementing of astronomy curriculum for secondary level and numerous Romanian educators from the field of astronomy education are expected to take part in it.

Biography:

I have been an English teacher for non formal education in a public school from Romania for more than 20 years, working in the field of extracurricular educational activities. I have a PhD degree in linguistics(English and French). Astronomy education represents an important aspect of my work and I am an associate NAEC of the Romanian NAEC, Elisabeta Ana NAGHI.