Representations of the solar system in modern school textbooks and in the "Photodentro" of Primary education

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Published: Sep 16, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.6925
Keywords:
Astronomy Pictures Alternative ideas
Nazla Sagies
Ioannis Starakis
Department of Early Childhood Education of Athens
Krystallia Halkia
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Abstract

The purpose of this study was the qualitative analysis of the 32 images from the official textbooks of Greek primary schools and the 17 images and dynamic representations in the digital platform "Photodendron", regarding our Solar System. The ultimate goal was to establish if these illustrations may convey alternative ideas to the students. Relevant indications emerged for the majority of these depictions, regarding the relative distances/sizes/positions/movements of celestial bodies, the attribution of anthropomorphic characteristics to these bodies as well as the interpretive mechanism of specific astronomical phenomena.

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