Sistemas de referencia en la enseñanza de la Astronomía. Un análisis a partir de una revisión bibliográfica

Abstract

We present the results of a bibliographical review process focused on identifying which astronomical frames of reference are used by researchers, implicitly or explicitly, when inquiring into and categorizing students’ and teachers’ conceptions of certain well known astronomical phenomena (day and night, seasons, and phases of the moon) and when they propose teaching sequences of this topic. The results obtained show a predominance of articles in which these phenomena are developed from a frame of reference external to the Earth, without mentioning the possibility of describing and explaining them from a terrestrial frame of reference. This evidences the need to explain and justify the reference frame used when carrying out research in this area.