LA ENSEÑANZA/APRENDIZAJE DEL MODELO SOL-TIERRA: ANÁLISIS DE LA SITUACIÓN ACTUAL Y PROPUESTA DE MEJORA PARA LA FORMACIÓN DE LOS FUTUROS PROFESORES DE PRIMARIA

Abstract

This work is an extened summary of the autor’s PhD thesis. It deals with the teaching of astronomy (day/night, seasons) in primary school. At first, students teachers´ undestanding of astronomical concepts related to Sun-Earth system have been analysed. Taking into account the results of the previous analysis and using a socio-constructivist approach a teaching sequence has been designed. This sequence has been tested with different groups of students teachers showing an improvement in their undestanding of elementary astronomical concepts.