Letter of Endorsement from the American Astronomical Society
The Council of the American Astronomical Society appreciates the need for an appropriate venue in which those involved in astronomy education can publish their work with appropriate scholarly review and recognition. Given this, we wish to recognize the experiment being undertaken by Sidney Wolff, Andrew Fraknoi, and NOAO in founding the electronic journal Astronomy Education Review. If successfully executed, this journal has the potential to become a significant vehicle for the improvement of the astronomical education enterprise. The Astronomy Education Review offers the added benefit of making the results of research in astronomy education more accessible to astronomy educators.
We recommend that people working in astronomy education give serious consideration to publishing their scholarly work in this journal. We also encourage those who teach astronomy to consider Astronomy Education Review as one source, among others, for information on how to teach more effectively.
The Council of the AAS endorses the concept of the electronic journal Astronomy Education Review, while recognizing that the total responsibility for the content rests with the editors and the publishing organization.