CURRICULUM MATTERS

Physics for the star-gazer: pupils' attitudes to astronomy in the Northern Ireland Science Curriculum

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, , Citation Ruth Jarman and Liam McAleese 1996 Phys. Educ. 31 223 DOI 10.1088/0031-9120/31/4/020

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Abstract

Astronomy has played little part in the UK science curriculum this century but its recent introduction via the 'Earth in Space' Attainment Target has proved popular. The findings of a survey of 15-year-old students in Northern Ireland reported here suggest that astronomy has caught the interest of many pupils.

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