Resource letter and an evaluation of the state-of-the-art of the teaching of Stellar Astrophysics

Our knowledge about stars has fundamentally advanced over the last century and today we can describe the processes involved in their birth, evolution and death. However, the transposition of stellar scientific knowledge into the classroom has not been done in a broad way or has been done in general in a fragmented and partial way. We present here a survey of the work developed in recent decades for the teaching of Stellar Astrophysics (focused on the material available in Portuguese) in order to organize and facilitate the work of expanding the approach to this topic with students, particularly in basic education, in addition to some suggestions for applications that could enrich the work of teachers. We also present a critical assessment of the panorama within Brazilian education.

Keywords
Stars; Survey; State-of-the-art; Teaching