European Association for Astronomy Education

European Association for Astronomy Education

EAAE Logo
Formation 1995
Type Astronomy Education Organization
Membership
 teachers from 26 European countries
Website www.eaae-astronomy.org

The European Association for Astronomy Education or EAAE[1] is a non-profit European organization for the promotion of science education in general, and of astronomy in particular.[2]

Representatives for the foundation of the European Association for Astronomical Education in Athens on November 25, 1995 .

The Organization was founded on November 25, 1995, in Athens, as a result of the Declaration of the EU/ESO workshop on Teaching of Astronomy in Europe's Secondary Schools that was held at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Headquarters in Garching in November 1994.[3]

Structure

The Association gathers the General Assembly for strategic decisions, and an Executive Council as the operational management. There are also National Representatives with a role on promoting the EAAE and its activities in their countries.[4][5]

Working Groups

Catch a Star is a contest organised as a collaboration between EAAE and ESO.[6]

International activities are promoted through the activity of three Working Groups.[7]

Partnerships

The EAAE has had a long term collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in many projects, including "Astronomy On-Line"[12] or "Catch a Star" [13] and has also collaborated with the European Space Agency (ESA) and with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on the organization of Physics on Stage and Science on Stage.[14] Like most major organizations, since 2009 the EAAE has grown in social networks and has now mirrors of the "EAAE News" [15] on Facebook,[16] Twitter [17] and Portal to the Universe.[18] The EAAE has also collaborations with The European Planetarium Network (EuroPlaNet) and with the Euro-Asian Association of Teachers of Astronomy (EAATA).

See also

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