Latest Publications

The below publications were either an outcome of the Visualising the Cosmos project, or provided the foundation for various aspects of the project.

  • Salimpour, S., Bartlett, S., Fitzgerald, M. T., McKinnon, D. H., Cutts, K. R., James, C. R., Miller, S., Danaia, L., Hollow, R. P., Cabezon, S., Faye, M., Tomita, A., Max, C., de Korte, M., Baudouin, C., Birkenbauma, D., Kallery, M., Anjos, S., Wu, Q., … Ortiz-Gil, A. (2020). The gateway science: a review of astronomy in the OECD school curricula, including China and South Africa. Research in Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-020-09922-0
  • Salimpour, S., Tytler, R., & Fitzgerald, M. T. (2020). Exploring the cosmos: the challenge of identifying patterns and conceptual progressions from student survey responses in cosmology. Methodological Approaches to STEM Education Research, Volume 1. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-5551-8
  • Salimpour, S. and Fitzgerald, M. T. (2021). The cosmic interaction: a review of the literature on cosmology, religion and the big questions in the context of astronomy education. Science and Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-021-00250-x
  • Salimpour, S., Tytler, R., Eriksson, U., Fitzgerald, M. T. (2021). Cosmos visualized: development of a qualitative framework for analyzing representations in cosmology education. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 17(1), 013104. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.013104
  • Salimpour, S., Fitzgerald, M. T., Tytler, R., & Eriksson, U. (2021). Educational design framework for a web-based interface to visualise authentic cosmological “Big Data” in high school. Journal of Science Education and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-021-09915-2
  • Salimpour, S. (2021). Visualising the Cosmos: Teaching cosmology in high school in the era of big data [Doctoral Thesis]. Deakin University.
    Salimpour, S., Tytler, R., Doig, B., Fitzgerald, M. T., & Eriksson, U. (2022). Conceptualising the Cosmos: Development and validation of the cosmology concept inventory for high school. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-022-10252-y
  • Salimpour, S., Tytler, R., Fitzgerald, M. T., & Eriksson, U. (2023). Is the Universe Infinite? Characterising a Hierarchy of Reasoning in Student Conceptions of Cosmology Concepts Using Open-Ended Surveys. Journal for STEM Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41979-023-00088-8
  • Salimpour, S., & Fitzgerald, M. T. (2022). Astronomy & Culture: A Social Semiotic perspective on the role of Culture in Astronomy Education. Science & Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-022-00389-1