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 本研究针对宇宙学教育（Cosmology Education）领域的相关研究，基于对该领域学位论文、学术期刊文章及会议论文集的分析，梳理并呈现其当前研究前沿。本次研究在检索的数据库中共识别并分析了199篇文献，时间跨度约40年。研究团队按照发表年份、文献类型、宇宙学相关内容、研究聚焦主题以及所针对的学段对纳入的文献进行了分类。研究结果显示，绝大多数探究均聚焦于高中教学，相关内容阐释涵盖广义相对论（General Relativity）、引力（Gravitation）以及与狭义相对论（Restricted Relativity）相关的其他研究进展，同时涉及宇宙起源相关问题的解析。研究中最常见的聚焦主题为“内容与教学法”，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参考。