AAS Education

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Official account of the Education Committee of the American Astronomical Society. Supporting the mission of AAS through education initiatives, shaping strategy, supporting educators, and advancing science learning. https://msha.ke/aas_education#info

Three intersecting Venn diagram circles of Knowledge, Time, and Motivation with center intersect including "Convening meetings", intersect of Knowledge and Motivation including "Communal Sensemaking", intersect of Motivation and Time including "Making this work a high priority", and intersect of Time and Knowledge including "Supporting the mitigation of obstacles". Knowledge only section of circle includes "Sharing resources/data (referential or human) & Problem solving", Motivation only section of circle includes "Building community, Internal motivation, Financial compensation, Formal recognition (awards), Positive reinforcement/validation", Time only section of circle includes "Time buyouts, Lowering barriers: Ensuring logistical or tedious work is as low a lift as possible"
Figure title says Chasteen-Lau diagram for successful Physics Teacher Education (PTE) over three circles with arrows. Left circle says "Motivated People who leverage opportunities and mitigate threats & who know about PTE" with an arrow labeled "Develop and enhance" pointing right towards right circle, which says "Cultures & Structures that support PTE" with arrow pointing back left labeled "support and increase number of". Both top circles are enclosed in a grey box with arrow at bottom with text "leads to" pointing to third circle that is labeled "Educating large numbers of qualified physics teachers" with an arrow that points back to right side circle and is labeled "reinforces".