Introduction Kean University’s mission statement is to provide a world class education for its students, and Kean should honor its mission statement. Kean offers a vast array of programs in many fields, education being one of the most popular. The School of Natural Sciences (SONS) ultimate goal is to foster an environment of excellence and effectively educate students on the physical and natural world. The restructuring of Introduction to Astronomy course at Kean University, founded upon the desire to improve the effectiveness of the learning and teaching experience , will ultimately aid the dissemination of general science education to non-science majors and students who are academically curious about majoring in Astronomy. Kean students
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Students who succeed in passing this course will be able to answer questions related to the topic such as how do stars form, how do planets form, what are the differences between moons, planets, and stars, which planets possess the very specific environmental characteristics to support life, and what are those specific characteristics. It is almost inherent within the human nature to be curious about the universe and our surroundings, hence the arguably most famous question in all human existence, "Where did we come from?” Thus, the importance of this course and its ability to educate its students should not be overlooked as merely a rudimentary college general education requirement course and new facilities and an updated planetarium can effectively improve the quality of education from this …show more content…
Astronomy is the oldest of all sciences, which only demarks its importance, especially now that Astrophysics and Astronomy is becoming more relevant to modern society. Introductory Astronomy courses, therefore, has an obligation to not falter in its quality of education even when its popularity have wax and waned over a course of 150 years. Kean University may receive many positive news reports if it innovate its Introduction to Astronomy course and the School of Natural Sciences as a whole. “Astronomy is undoubtedly among the sciences with the most intense public interest, as testified to by the very large number of popular astronomy journals, planetaria, amateur clubs, and interested individuals in all countries.” Therefore, to reduce the behavior that is now pervasive in ASTR 1100 at Kean University—lab assignments are done online without any physical scientific method or peer interaction—a restructuring of introductory astronomy course must take place with conjunction of budgeting for high quality lab equipment. Ultimately the current astronomy pedagogy at Kean is non-inspiring and demotivating to the students, a possible reformation of the curriculum can coincide with the constructivist
Students who succeed in passing this course will be able to answer questions related to the topic such as how do stars form, how do planets form, what are the differences between moons, planets, and stars, which planets possess the very specific environmental characteristics to support life, and what are those specific characteristics. It is almost inherent within the human nature to be curious about the universe and our surroundings, hence the arguably most famous question in all human existence, "Where did we come from?” Thus, the importance of this course and its ability to educate its students should not be overlooked as merely a rudimentary college general education requirement course and new facilities and an updated planetarium can effectively improve the quality of education from this …show more content…
Astronomy is the oldest of all sciences, which only demarks its importance, especially now that Astrophysics and Astronomy is becoming more relevant to modern society. Introductory Astronomy courses, therefore, has an obligation to not falter in its quality of education even when its popularity have wax and waned over a course of 150 years. Kean University may receive many positive news reports if it innovate its Introduction to Astronomy course and the School of Natural Sciences as a whole. “Astronomy is undoubtedly among the sciences with the most intense public interest, as testified to by the very large number of popular astronomy journals, planetaria, amateur clubs, and interested individuals in all countries.” Therefore, to reduce the behavior that is now pervasive in ASTR 1100 at Kean University—lab assignments are done online without any physical scientific method or peer interaction—a restructuring of introductory astronomy course must take place with conjunction of budgeting for high quality lab equipment. Ultimately the current astronomy pedagogy at Kean is non-inspiring and demotivating to the students, a possible reformation of the curriculum can coincide with the constructivist