Prices Reduced on Astronomy Education eBooks

The AAS and its journals/ebooks partner IOP Publishing are delighted to announce that the two latest books in its Astronomy Education series have had their prices significantly reduced to bring them within the budgets of more astronomy instructors worldwide. The books are new compilations of review articles by some of the most important leaders in astronomy education research and practice. Whereas the usual series price is $120 for a hardback and $95 for an ebook, the new prices are just $50 for a hardback and $40 for an ebook. AAS members: You can save even more by using your 30% discount code! Both titles are available from the IOP bookstore.

Book One, Evidence-Based Instruction for Introductory Courses, is edited by Chris Impey and Sanlyn Buxner (University of Arizona) and contains chapters on effective course design, learner-centered teaching, lecture-tutorials, using interactive simulations, citizen science, community-college astronomy, and making classes more inclusive, among other topics.

Book Two, Best Practices for Online Learning Environments, finished after the beginning of the COVID quarantines, is edited by Chris Impey and Matthew Wenger (University of Arizona). It contains chapters on online course design, teaching guidelines, social media and virtual worlds, teaching labs online, key online resources, and lessons learned from the forced transition to online teaching and learning during the pandemic.

Among the many authors contributing to the volumes are Ed Prather (University of Arizona), Pamela Gay (Planetary Science Institute), Ariel Anbar (Arizona State University), Andrew Fraknoi (University of San Francisco), Janelle Bailey (Temple University), Kim Coble (San Francisco State University), Doug Duncan (University of Colorado), Kevin Lee (University of Nebraska), Alyssa Goodman & Phil Sadler (Harvard University), Michelle Nichols (Adler Planetarium), Nicole Vogt (New Mexico State University) and Christine Shupla (Lunar and Planetary Institute).

In addition to ordering your own copies of the two books, we encourage you to recommend them to your institution’s librarian as vital to their collection.