Интегриране на онлайн ресурси на тема астробиология в обучението по астрономия в гимназиален етап на средната степен на образование
Integration of Online Resources on Astrobiology in the Education on Astronomy in Upper Secondary Education

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines some of the main challenges for teaching science and engineering in school and includes a scientific review and includes the development of an original online video educational resource on the modern interdisciplinary scientific field of astrobiology. The produced educational resources are intended for students from X to XII grade in the upper secondary education. The content of the resources is presented in English, thus enabling students to get acquainted with the basic terminology of the currently leading language in this scientific field. As part of this work to measure the efficiency of integrating similar online resources in the education of astronomy, an original survey was conducted among students on their overall knowledge and interests in the field of astrobiology and the preferred modes of education. For this purpose, an online questionnaire was prepared and was provided to students for completion before and after getting acquainted with the online video resource. The analysis of the results gives insight into the advantages of adding video and other interactive materials to supplement the study of advanced and underrepresented disciplines, such as astrobiology. The presented results were used for the successful defense of a master’s thesis in “Astronomy and popularization of astronomy” at the Faculty of Physics of Sofia University in 2018 and are published here for the first time.

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