The Development and the Formation of the Recognition of Nature (Part III) : The Development of Child's Conception Universe and the Design of Science Curriculum

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate the development of children's conception of universe and put the developmental study to the guide of curriculalar design. Children's conception of universe divides into four successive steps, i.e., the naive realistic conception of universe, the conception of the diurnal revolution of the heavens, the Copernican cosmology and the conception of expanding cosmos. This paper gives a brief illustration of elementary and secondary astronomy curriculum materials.