Dr. Cecilia Scorza , Natalie Fischer, Haus der Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

Prof. Andreas Quirrenbach, Heidelberg University

EUNAWE Germany

Group 1: children with immigrant background

• feeling like a foreigner their whole lifes

• emotionally closed,

-unable to learn the german language-“bad“ at school-end up in the so-called „special schools“

Disadvantaged children in Germany

1. Main goal: EUNAWE Germany as a motor of cultural and social

integration in German industrial cities

Group 2: children of unemployed people

• They receive a very modest economical support from the goverment

• Some parents are alcoholized, watch TV the whole day,

their daily diet is VERY bad

• Lack of perspectives

2. Previous and current activities & experience since 2002

Heidelberg Observatory, University of Heidelberg

Prof. Andreas Quirrenbach

Identification figures

Cognitive aspects

Observational skills

Spatial orientation

Recognize & classify objects

Throughout playful activities

Learning by doing / listening stories

Learning to share

Learning to change perspectives

Prof. Sabina Pauen

Developmental psychology

Psychology Institute

Heidelberg University

MP9 EVALUATION!!

3. Expertice and skills that will be brought into the project

(E)UNAWE Educational materials

Intensive work with the

„multi-cultural Moon“

China Kenya Kongo „universal“

Handbook with many activities

The moon

Heidelberg

Ludwigshafen

Expertice: UNAWE Project in Ludwigshafen with support of the BASF and the University of Heidelberg

Natalie Fischer

Cecilia Scorza

•790 pre-scholar teachers

•27 teacher trainings

in 3 years

•500 Euros / Kindergarten

Heidelberg

Ludwigshafen

A multi-task project…

Integration of the

parents

Training

on astronomy

Implementation

UNAWE

UNAWE

Training on

Mathematics

& Natural

Sciences,

Language

80-90 % children

with immigrant

background!!

Programm of the training

Categorization of objects, scales, beauty of objects

Introduction to the UNAWE idea (cultural and social aspects)

Modul 1: The Moon-Sun-Earth as a system (Earth awareness, Earth-citizen-awareness)

Modul 2: The Earth in the Solar System

Modul 3: The world of the constellations Myths and stories

Modul 4: Our place in the Milky Way and the families of galaxies

Observations (of the Moon, Sun, planets, constellations)

Constraints:Face-to-face programme (no computers, no internet facilities!)

Teacher training: 2 days, 1 night, 1 supervision day

Teacher training at the Heidelberg Observatory

A lot of fears…

Self creativity in the implementation

“The World meets at the Kindergarten”

Intercultural or “interplanetary“ education

with „Godo“ (our „E.T“)

Godo comes „from abroad“ (exoplanet)

He needs help, doesn´t speak

a our language

We can learn a lot from him…

and he from us…

Six months later…Alina came also

„from abroad“ (Croatia)..

Work with the parents

Parents with immigrant background: collect myths and stories around

the sky

Success thanks to the pre-scholar teachers!

Expert group (consultants),hotline, tips

• 790 pre-escolar teachers working actively for UNAWE

• Impact even after three years

• Per year 9.800 children ages 3-6

• In three years 30.000 children

Together with the parents..

5.1 A new home for EUNAWE at the House of Astronomy (Sept. 2011)

EUNAWE endorsement of the German Astronomical Society (AG)

EUNAWE

room & office

4. National project managers: Status of recruitment

One special contribution to the EUNAWE project:

Evaluation instrument (WP9) for EUNAWE

The great challange: to evaluate a programme that not only estimulates the

scientific mind but also has very strong social and (multi)cultural components

Anita Bucur,

developmental

psychologist

4. National project managers: Status of recruitment

Natalie Fischer,

Physicist and educator

Cecilia Scorza

Astronomer and educator

EUNAWE national committee

Tasks WP7 & WP9 6-18 months1.7.2011 – 1.07.2012

18-30 months1.07.2012 – 01.07.2013

Select suitable resources

Translate resources

Design new resources

Distribution of materials

Standard modules

Online publications

Evaluation instruments WP9

Teacher trainings

1x 2-day national level

3x 1-day regional level

Children

5. Implementation plan according to the EUNAWE tasks WP7

Another milestone: Implementation plan on national scale (2012)

Heidelberg

Berlin

National programm:

„The house of the

young researcher“

Thank you!