Insights Into Scientist Teacher Partnerships During The Creation Of Exoplanet Science Lessons
TalkDuring Astronomy Education Research
6th Shaw-IAU Workshop
Oriel Marshall (Universities of Copenhagen and Antwerp)
Including contemporary science research in the classroom can help students to understand the scientific landscape. One method of introducing cutting-edge topics into schools is Scientist Teachers Partnerships (STPs); using the input of both parties to create scientifically and pedagogically sound materials. In this study, we use STPs to develop lessons about Exoplanet climates. One-on-one initial interviews were conducted with 13 international exoplanet PhD students and five science teachers from Flanders. Co-creation sessions were then conducted with groups of teachers and scientists. We use thematic network analysis to assess how information and ideas are transformed throughout this process, shedding light on the methods and benefits of STPs.
About Oriel Marshall
Oriel Marshall is a third year joint PhD student at the universities of Copenhagen and Antwerpen. She is part of the CHAMELEON innovative training network which focuses on modeling exoplanets and protoplanetary disks. Her role within this network is creating and assessing teaching materials based on the topics within the network. Oriel has worked with and developed hands-on astrophysics learning materials in many capacities prior to her current PhD project. These include the thesis project of her astrophysics masters project at the University of St Andrews, and during her time working with Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and subsequently for the ESA CHEOPs mission.
