Promoção de uma visão científica sobre astronomia por meio de uma sequência didática

Abstract

The initial objective of this study was to develop pedagogical didactic material that would contribute to the promotion of an adequate scientific view of Astronomy for students in the 9th grade of Elementary School. To this end, a Didactic Sequence (SD) was elaborated based on six themes subdivided according to the National Common Curriculum Base (BNCC). The materials were selected from research carried out in articles, websites and videos, produced and taught by professionals in the area. After the application of the SD, the qualitative research was carried out based on the answers of ten students to a guide with 24 questions, subdivided into the six themes of the BNCC. The same applied was applied before and after SD. The transcribed responses were fragmented and categorized into four different levels, inspired by the work of Adadan et al. (2010). Categorization into levels made it possible to carry out a quantitative analysis. In the comparison between before and after the SD, the data showed that the ten students involved in the research improved their level in all subjects. In this way, this research went beyond the initial objective, as it was possible to know the views of students before and after the development of DS. These results showed that the SD could be useful to be applied by other teachers who want to promote an adequate scientific view of Astronomy for Elementary School II students.