Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

From didactic research we fund initial conceptions with big difficulties in understanding the point of view of astronomy, geometry, physics, and geography about the spherical Earth. With a globe in the same orientation like the Earth in space, the Parallel Globe, we observe fundamental astronomical relationships between Earth and Sun, in real time. The international Project Globolocal is democratic, because we distinguish concepts like high-low, above-under and North-South. Each location, seen from the place of observation, is at the top of the world, so it helps to have a correct image of the Earth in the space.

About Nicoletta Lanciano

Degree in didactics of mathematics, doctorate in didactics of Astronomy, associate professor of Didactics of science. She is the promoter of the international Project Globolocal, head of the Research group on the education of the sky of the Movimento di Cooperazione Educativa (MCE). Active in the IAU in the fields of education research and social inclusion. She researches in teacher training and education in geometry and astronomy outdoors, in the city and in nature, with a focus on the history of science.

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