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Contemporary science curricula contain units and astronomy concepts, as they help students to understand science and way the world works. In Greece astronomy concepts are contained in a special unit of the preschool curriculum under the heading "Planet Earth and Space". Educational research has already detected that teachers hold many misconceptions about astronomical concepts, and they are not satisfactorily trained to deliver astronomy lessons in their classrooms.

The ABATAC project aims at developing a blended training approach to learning astronomy for teachers and student-teachers of the early years and the early primary years. The project team will develop an online course that will help participants study astronomy and the pedagogical content knowledge of astronomy following their own individual pace of learning. In addition, the team will create a set of art-based face-to-face seminars that will challenge teachers to reflect on and change their perceptions, stances, attitudes and preferences in teaching methodology.

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