I. A. Costa

Abstract
CoAstro: @n Astronomy Condo is a citizen science project that engages primary school teachers in astronomy research during one school year. One of CoAstro’s goals is to promote the appropriation of key astronomy concepts. To assess that, we apply the “Astronomy Questionnaire” (AQ), at the beginning and the end of CoAstro’s first edition. The pretest results show low levels of teachers’ knowledge (M=20.6%; SD=9.5%). From qualitative analyses, we link those results with gaps on initial training and with the lack of astronomy relevance in the national curriculum. This factor leads to teachers’ low investment in astronomy continuous training. However, the post-test results prove that CoAstro’s strategies can overcome this scenario and shows how everyone can learn about key astronomy concepts.

Proceedings for the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, Leveraging the potential of astronomy in formal education
Asmita Bhandare, Eduardo Penteado, Rebecca Sanderson, Tshiamiso Makwela, Niall Deacon, Moupiya Maji, Emmanuel Rollinde, Francesca Cresta, Aniket Sule

Publications of the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education, Page 64
2023 December