"A brilliant programme....A life changing and inspiring experience"

- Stewart Davies, Caerleon Endowed Junior School, 2003 -

The programme is open to teachers of any discipline who will benefit from utilising the exciting and motivational context of space and space exploration to inspire teaching and learning within the classroom.

Intensive active training sessions with experts in educational development.

• To provide teachers with a unique opportunity for teacher training at NASA
  
• To develop techniques to utilise the motivational powers of space and space exploration in the classroom
  
• Teachers will be able to monitor, evaluate and report on the effectiveness of such teaching and learning programmes.
  
• Enrolment on postgraduate certificated assessment programmes, which could mean the possibility of obtaining the first part of a Masters degree.
  
• Teachers will be able to make contacts with NASA and educational personnel in the USA to establish virtual and actual long-term links and liaisons.

Teachers working together in a learning environment, collaborating towards whole group development

1 Week at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida

• Working in the Kennedy Space Centre with educational specialists, astronauts, space scientists and rocket engineers.
  
• Training at Brevard County Planetarium and Observatory
  
• Field trip to K.S.C wild life reserve
  
• Educational tours of K.S.C and Cape Canaveral

• 24-31 May 2008