¥Cosmology puts everything together to make sense of the universe Ancient Cosmology ¥The history of cosmology is the history of human beingsÕ appreciation of nature ¥Primitive cosmology: Anthropomorphic ÐAnthrop(o): Human being ÐMorphic: Having such a form ÐNature around human beings (animals and plants) was associated with spirits
Platonic Cosmology: A Terrestrial Pedagogy Huey-li Li University of Akron William L Craig defines cosmology as “a posteriorargument for a cause or reason for the cosmos ”1 As a posteriorargument, cosmology first assures the existence of the cosmos and then articulates the reason for the co-existence of the cosmos with human beings
astronomy education research (AER) has focused much of its efforts on improving student learning at the ASTR 101 level One area requiring further attention is cosmology Cosmology is the study of the history, evolution, and fate of the universe as a whole and, as such, is one of the most commonly taught topics in ASTR 101 (Slater et al 2001
Cosmology is a science dealing with all orders of formal reality, of which the mate- rial order is only one aspect It is a sacred science which is bound to be connected to revelation and metaphysical doctrine in whose bosom alone it becomes meaningful and efficacious
Disciplines that study the planets include planetary geology and planetary atmospheres The study of the particles and fields in space is divided into magnetospheric physics, ionospheric physics, and cosmic and heliospheric physics The Sun has its own solar physics discipline The origin and evolution of the universe is the subject of cosmology
definition of mythic functions, Christian's Big History, Swimme and Berry's definition of cosmology and Montessori's vision of cosmic educa-tion Far from myth as a preliminary to science, this definition assumes current science as integral to mythology Christian provides an important complement to Steven's definition with a simple and
elementary school education; (3) the aim to develop “scientific literacy” has tary definition which suits the purposes of my presentation: To be scientifi-
increasing the efficiency of teaching astronomy concepts (Stahly, et al , 1999 Not having an agreed and unique definition, mental models are defined