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Education and Awareness Working Group Activity Space Education Forum |
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| APRSAF/UNESCO Space Education Forum VAST, Hanoi, Vietnam. 4 March, 2006 |
| - Proceedings and Documents - | |
| The result of the Forum | |
APRSAF/UNESCO SPACE EDUCATION FORUM Hanoi, Vietnam, 4 March 2006 |
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children eager to learn about space science and technology (Hanoi,
Vietnam): School children in Hanoi enjoyed a full Saturday learning about various subjects related to space activities. Organized by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), the Space Education Forum featured lectures on basics of remote sensing satellites, use of communications and broadcasting satellites for tele-education, human space flights and planetary exploration. The programme also included presentations on hands-on activities in astronomy and rocket science and technology as well as demonstration of the launch of water rockets, UNESCO donated a portable telescope, contributed by MEADE company, to the representative of the Ministry of Education and Training. The Space Education Forum was attended by seven teachers and fifty students from four junior high-schools and two universities in Hanoi, Ten researchers of space science from India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam also joined the Forum. The participants were welcomed by Prof. K. Oyama, Chairman of the Space Education and Awareness Working Group of APRSAF as well as by Prof. N. K. Son, Vice President of VAST and representatives of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam. The students actively participated in the demonstration of water rocket launch, Many students impressed the lecturers during the open session by correctly answering the questions given on various issues addressed in the lectures. Two groups of junior high-school students voluntarily took the stage to sing songs to express their appreciation to the lecturers and international experts who participated in and organized the Space Education Forum. *** On the day before the Space Education Forum, on 3 March 2006, twelve researchers and experts from India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam involved in international collaborations in the Asia-Pacific region in space science as well as education and awareness activities gathered at Space Science Education Workshop at VAST. The participants of the Workshop made the following conclusions. |
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| 1. | Members
of the Space Education and Awareness Working Group (SEA WG) of the
Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) would benefit from
the expertise and experience of researchers of various space science
and engineering fields in enhancing space education and training opportunities
for young people in the region. |
| 2. | In
this regard, closer links should be established between the members
of SEA WG and researchers in space science and engineering within
each APRSAF member country, to exchange ideas and views on how the
efforts made by those researchers to enhance educational activities
could be better supported within the framework of the SEA WG. |
| 3. |
At its next meeting, to be held during the 13th APRSAF, SEA WG could
give consideration to establishing an informal group of researchers
in space science and engineering and educators that could serve as
resource persons to assist in the work of SEA WG in carrying out joint
space education activities within the framework of APRSAF. |
| Presentations during Forum | ||
| Space Science Education Workshop | ||
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| - Information Note - |
| Organizers |
| Ministry
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
| Local Coordinator |
| Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) |
| Background |
| Space science and technology
and their applications have already been integrated into our daily
lives and provide useful tools to support our daily activities. As
demonstrated in the emergency response and rescue operations following
a series of recent natural disasters, the effective use of Earth observation,
communications and positioning satellites, for example, leads to saving
many lives. In spite of the growing evidences of the usefulness of space science and technology for the society, the level of appreciation of their importance by the general public and policy makers is still limited. Efforts must be strengthened to increase awareness of the usefulness and importance of space science and technology and their applications to enhance the quality of our lives and to support sustainable development of the society, to live in harmony with nature and to face challenges that it presents. It is equally important that our young generations also realize that we live in the society that greatly benefits from the advancement of space science and technology and their various applications. It is with such background that the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), at its twelfth session held in October 2005 in Kitakyushu, Japan, adopted a recommendation to consider holding a space education forum, to increase public awareness of the importance of space science and technology and their applications for the enhancement of the society. Following that recommendation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), together with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, took the initiative to hold a Space Education Forum within the framework of APRSAF. To maximize the synergies with the global efforts made by UNESCO to achieve similar objectives by holding a series of space education workshops around the world, including those in Vietnam from 4 to 8 March 2006, this Space Education Forum, open to the public, will be convened on 4 March 2006 in Hanoi, Vietnam, by MEXT and JAXA in cooperation with UNESCO and with support by VAST as the local coordinator. |
| Objectives |
The Space Education
Forum will aim to achieve the following objectives:
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| Programme |
| Participants |
| The Forum is open to the general public. Targeted audience include policy makers who are in charge of promoting science and technology for the benefit of the society, educators and school teachers interested in enhancing science components of the classroom teaching, as well as school students. There is no registration fee. The participation in the Forum is free of charge. |
| Expected Results |
| The Forum could result in: i) increased awareness and enhanced understanding of policy makers and the general public of the usefulness of space science and technology and their applications for the society; ii) increased interest among educators and school teachers in addressing space activities in classroom teaching; iii) increased motivation of students in learning about subjects related to space activities. |
| - Associated Meeting - |
| On the day before the Space Education Forum, the Space Science Education Workshop will be held on 3 March 2006, to discuss contributions of space research in various areas to the enhancement of the society. Bringing leading space researchers in the region of Asia and the Pacific, the Workshop will invite the participants to consider how their research work could contribute to enhancing education for young people. The participation in the Workshop is by invitation only. The results of the discussion might provide inputs for consideration by the APRSAF Space Education and Awareness Working Group of future space education activities in the region through joint efforts. |
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