The field of astronomy education is rapidly growing beyond merely sharing effective
activities or curriculum ideas. This paper categorizes and summarizes the literature in …

Stars are one of the most frequently covered topics in introductory astronomy classes. From
a constructivist framework, one must know what conceptions students bring with them to the …

Although astronomy topics have been included in K-12 education research for decades,
astronomy education research as a field of discipline-based education research is relatively …

Cosmology concepts encompass complex spatial and temporal relations that are
counterintuitive. Cosmology findings, because of their intrinsic interest, are often reported in …

The search for life beyond the Earth is one of the most compelling quests of modern science.
Astrobiology appeals to a wide audience, including those who might not otherwise be …

Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1196. 229
pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9086-7. This thesis …

Although astrobiology is a relatively new field of science, the questions it seeks to answer
(eg,“What is life?”“What does life require?”) have been investigated for millennia. In recent …

Despite astronomy's widespread inclusion in curricula prior to the 20th century, educational
research in astronomy is a relatively new endeavor. To date there are no dedicated paper …

This study explored over 200 journals and a content-focussed research repository to
investigate the occurrence of research on the Big Questions in the field of astronomy …

Astrobiocentrism is a vision that places us in a scenario of confirmation of life in the universe,
either as a second genesis or as an expansion of humanity in space. It manages to raise …