session 3

Title

(To be updated) On Track: Undergraduate Space Education

type

oral

Description

This session focuses on space education initiatives designed for undergraduate learners, with an emphasis on building foundational knowledge, skills, and early professional identity in the space sector. Contributions may address the design and delivery of undergraduate-level courses, experiential and project-based learning, internships, work placements, and outreach activities that support student engagement and retention. Presentations should highlight how programmes are structured to introduce core concepts, develop transferable skills, and motivate students toward further study or entry into the space workforce. Authors are encouraged to discuss methods for evaluating educational impact, lessons learned from implementation, and how successful approaches have been adapted or scaled across undergraduate curricula. This session also welcomes contributions on the professional development of undergraduate educators and on pedagogical approaches, teaching tools, and assessment methods that are particularly effective at the undergraduate level. When submitting abstracts for this session, please: • Clearly identify the connection to the session’s described scope and to space. • Briefly describe what you will present, including results and evaluation of your work, if it has been completed, or a thorough description of the expected outcomes of the work. • Include information about what makes your work unique, original or innovative and worth sharing with the international space community. • State your work’s goal, the intended audience, the measurable objectives that were set, and if the work is in planning or has already occurred. • Provide context describing the research and/or analysis you conducted in choosing the purpose of the activity, the intended audience, and the design of the activity. • Include reference to quantitative or qualitative data gathered through evaluations, surveys or other means. • If any theories are developed, please include information about the practical applicability of the information. • Consider that your audience is international and focus on what others working in the field can learn from your work. Include lessons learned, recommendations or other takeaway messages. • Make sure that the abstract provides a coherent idea or narrative for someone unfamiliar with your work.