The State-of-the-art in Cosmology Education research

Abstract We present the State-of-the-art in research addressing Cosmology Education, based on the analysis of theses, dissertations, articles and proceedings of events in the area. We identified and analyzed 199 documents in the consulted databases, distributed over a period of approximately 40 years. The reports were classified according to Year, Type of publication, Cosmology content, Focus of the study, and School grade addressed. The results showed that most of the investigations are concerned to High School Teaching, explaining questions about General Relativity, Gravitation and other developments related to Restricted Relativity, as well as the Origin of the Universe. The most recurring focus in the study is Content and Method, that is, research related to the teaching and learning processes of certain contents. Gaps are indicated with the intention of contributing to the development of the field.

摘要：本研究基于对宇宙学教育（Cosmology Education）领域内学位论文、学术期刊文章及会议论文集的分析，梳理了该领域相关研究的前沿进展。本研究在检索的数据库中共识别并分析了199篇文献，相关文献的时间跨度约为40年。研究人员依据出版年份、出版物类型、宇宙学教育内容、研究聚焦方向及覆盖的学龄阶段对这些文献进行了分类。研究结果显示，绝大多数研究聚焦于高中教学，内容涉及广义相对论（General Relativity）、引力（Gravitation）、与狭义相对论（Restricted Relativity）相关的其他理论进展，以及宇宙起源相关议题。研究中最常见的聚焦方向为“内容与方法”，即围绕特定教学内容的教与学过程开展的相关研究。本研究同时指明了该领域现存的研究空白，以期为该领域的后续发展提供助力。