Analysis of motivational aspects of students in an elective Astronomy discipline

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Bruno de Andrade
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Piazza Recena, Maria Celina
• 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/70871

The article reports a research where the objective was to study the aspects that led to the motivation for the participation in an Astronomy discipline by the target audience (high school students) in a school. For the study on motivation it was used as a theoretical framework in which they approached the subject of self-determination theory dedicating themselves to the study of aspects related to human motivation. To guide the analysis we are based on the qualitative methodological framework of discursive textual analysis, seeking to understand the new interpretations from the research data. As a data source, a questionnaire was used, which was answered by the elective participants, thus concluding this work. The results show that astronomy can be considered potentially motivating for cases similar to studied here as they have been diagnosed in all participating students, intrinsic motivation of evidence. The results of the research indicate that Astronomy must be worked on in basic education, because they presented autonomous students, competent and committed to the activities developed.