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Thematic Field: Maths, Science and Technology<br />
EU-HOU: Hands-On Universe teacher training and support program<br />
Comenius Multilateral Project<br />
Institutions involved:<br />
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France), Observatoire royal de Belgique - Planétarium<br />
de Bruxelles (Belgium), Lykeio Agiou Nikolaou (Cyprus), Förderverein Astropeiler<br />
Stockert e.V. (Germany), Instituto Diastimikon Efarmogon & Tilepiskopisis, Ethniko<br />
Asteroskopio Athinon (Greece), Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika W Toruniu -<br />
UMK (Poland) NUCLIO – Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia (Portugal), Universitatea<br />
din Craiova (Romania) , Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), Vetenskapens<br />
Hus (Sweden), University of Glamorgan (United Kingdom)<br />
Coordinating institution:<br />
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France)<br />
Key words: Teacher education, Hands-on learning, Inquiry-based pedagogies<br />
Description:<br />
The project specialises in research in astronomy and aims to increase students'<br />
interest in science. The project provides resources for high school teachers and<br />
the organization of a network of pilot schools and resource persons. The educational<br />
material is posted on the Web site of the project. The project gives the opportunity to<br />
develop educational tools of high quality as part of a European partnership, and create<br />
situations at the interface between research and teaching.<br />
The exercises developed by EU-HOU are designed to promote active learning by<br />
giving students real astronomical data and the tools to analyse them simply and<br />
easily in their own classroom. The project work is based on actual astronomical<br />
observations, often acquired by the pupils themselves. It uses a network of European<br />
and international automatic telescopes operated via Internet as well as dedicated tools<br />
(Webcam systems, radio telescopes) developed for this project. These observations<br />
can be carried out in class, and their analysis with software designed for educational<br />
purposes. Educational resources have been built in close collaboration between<br />
researchers and teachers in partner countries.<br />
EU-HOU started in 2004 and is now in its third phase “2010-2012 EU-HOU -<br />
Connecting classrooms to the Milky Way”. In the “Connecting classrooms to the<br />
Milky Way” project, EU-HOU is developing the first European network of radio<br />
telescopes for education, enabling schools to explore the Milky Way through the<br />
Internet, as well as inquiry-based pedagogical resources to be used in<br />
classrooms.<br />
Duration:<br />
2010 – 2012 (third phase)<br />
Webpage:<br />
http://www.euhou.net/<br />
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