Didactic sequence for the teaching of Astronomy

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Victor Peres
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Guimarães, Michele Hidemi Ueno, Passos, Marinez Meneghello
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/fisica/article/view/72529

In anticipation of the insertion of Astronomy in Science Education, we developed a research whose results we present in this article. Through a questionnaire, several teachers from a public school in the state of Minas Gerais were asked about their conceptual limitations related to astronomy, which contributed to perceive several difficulties in some basic concepts, such as: days of the week, seasons, moon phases, observational astronomy. Based on this observation, a Didactic Sequence entitled “visions of the sky” was elaborated. We applied the methodological support of the three pedagogical moments: initial problematization; knowledge organization; application of knowledge. We present in this article the description of the elaboration process and the Didactic Sequence. The choice for the 2nd year high school students was primarily due to the fact that most of the selected teachers were responsible for these classes and, also, due to the presence of Astronomy and Cosmology contents in the disciplines of Geography and Physics. We also emphasize that in view of what we have accomplished, we can say that Astronomy and Cosmology can be used as instruments of mobilization in favor of Science Teaching and about Science. However, it was realized, through the answers collected from the teachers subject to our research, their difficulty in relation to the knowledge of the contents relevant to these areas of Science. For this reason, activities were sought to remedy these limitations and culminating in this SD, which aimed to give meaning to the scientific learning of Astronomy and Cosmology, both for practicing teachers and for their students.