Newton STFC-NARIT Long-term capacity building in STEM using astronomy with younger school pupils

Newton STFC-NARIT 利用天文学对低年级学生进行 STEM 长期能力建设

• 批准号: ST/P005616/1
• 负责人: Andrew Newsam
• 金额: $ 2.47万
• 依托单位: Liverpool John Moores University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FP005616%2F1
• 关键词: Newton; STFC; NARIT; Long; term

Astronomy is an area of science that interests and excites almost everyone - across all age, gender, social and cultural groups. However, this is in contrast to the science that it is part of, which is often perceived as "boring" or "too complicated". This dislike (or even distrust) of science can lead to even very young children deciding that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are not for them, closing down exciting career options before they are even aware that they exist. In the long term, this can cause significant problems for a nation, particularly one like Thailand, which needs an ever larger high-tech workforce if it is to continue to develop its economy.In the UK, the National Schools' Observatory (NSO) have for well over a decade been using astronomy to help overcome these prejudices in younger children before they fully develop, and show them the possibilities that STEM careers can offer. In this project the NSO's experience will be shared with Thai astronomers, along with a wealth of educational resources and, most importantly, direct access to observations from the world's largest fully-robotic telescope - the Liverpool Telescope (LT). This will provide a big boost for Thai education, and help Thai astronomers to share the excitement of what they do with a new, important, young audience.

天文学是一个几乎每个人（无论年龄、性别、社会和文化群体）都感兴趣和兴奋的科学领域。然而，这与它所属的科学形成鲜明对比，科学通常被认为“无聊”或“太复杂”。这种对科学的厌恶（甚至不信任）甚至可能导致非常年幼的孩子认为科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）不适合他们，甚至在他们意识到这些职业选择存在之前就关闭了令人兴奋的职业选择。从长远来看，这可能会给一个国家带来严重问题，特别是像泰国这样的国家，如果要继续发展经济，它需要越来越多的高科技劳动力。 在英国，国家学校观察站（NSO）十多年来，我们一直在利用天文学来帮助年幼的孩子在完全发育之前克服这些偏见，并向他们展示 STEM 职业可以提供的可能性。在这个项目中，国家统计局将与泰国天文学家分享经验，以及丰富的教育资源，最重要的是，可以直接获得世界上最大的全机器人望远镜——利物浦望远镜（LT）的观测结果。这将为泰国教育提供巨大推动力，并帮助泰国天文学家与新的、重要的年轻观众分享他们所做工作的兴奋。