Astronomy Co-Curricular Students Engagement With Primary School Student Using Service-Learning Approach

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200921.002How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Astronomy, Co-curricular, Students, Service Learning, Primary School

Abstract

Astronomy is a very interesting knowledge because involving concepts that related to everyday phenomena. Astronomy combines the disciplines of physics, space science, mathematics, optics, jurisprudence, geography and others branch of science discipline. The science of astronomy is often referred to as the queen of science in almost every human culture. Nowadays, astronomy topic has been adapted as one of the sub topic in primary school’s science and mathematics syllabus. Astronomy is also about the science of celestial observation and evaluation involving celestial objects and events that happened outside the earth’s atmosphere. However, some primary students have problem to understand some basic concept of astronomy. Therefore, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Astronomy Co-Curricular students have carried out a Service-Learning approach for transferring the astronomy knowledge to the primary school students. This innovative astronomy service-learning approach consists of five activities namely Astronomy Talks, Workshop, Exhibition, Space Explorace and Stargazing. Pre-result shows that more than 60% of respondents did not understand the basic knowledge of astronomy before the project were carried out. The post-results show that more than 80% of respondent have understand the basic knowledge of astronomy after they join the service-learning project.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Othman Zainon
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/09/22
TI  - Astronomy Co-Curricular Students Engagement With Primary School Student Using Service-Learning Approach
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Student and Disable Student Development 2019 (ICoSD 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 9
EP  - 12
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200921.002
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200921.002
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