Uma proposta de ensino sobre o sistema solar para a educação básica
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2024-02-28
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Araujo, Maikon Barbosa de
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Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
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We observed a growing interest on the part of Basic Education students in topics related to Astronomy, contributing to this the wide dissemination of the Brazilian Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad (OBA). The presence of Astronomy themes in official texts that refer to the curriculum, such as the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC) and the New Secondary Education, is also notable. This motivated us to propose didactic sequences, based on the Theory of Meaningful Learning (TAS), developed by David Ausubel and widely disseminated in Brazil by Marco Antônio Moreira, aimed at teaching Astronomy in Basic Education. We organize classes into didactic sequences according to themes related to the Solar System, in the form of Potentially Meaningful Teaching Units (PMTUS), seeking to promote not only conceptual learning, but investigative experiences that motivate the student to delve deeper and continue learning Astronomy. We applied our teaching proposal in a public school in the state of Espírito Santo, through an elective discipline, consisting of twenty-six students. The project took place over a period of nine weeks with two classes per week, totaling eighteen class hours. To investigate the students' prior knowledge and the existence of possible misconceptions, at the beginning of each class we apply a test related to the PMTUS theme in question. In addition to the tests, we observe students' externalizations through conversations in the classroom and dialogues in the WhatsApp’s group. At the end of applying the teaching proposal, we looked for signs of meaningful learning through the comparison of both results of the initial tests and the final test, we analyzed the dialogues in the group and the practical activities photos shared. We noticed an improvement in the final test's correct answer rates for some questions and, through the analysis of conversations and practices, we observed the commitment of the students, who went beyond what was requested, spontaneously recognizing some constellations, revealing signs of meaningful learning. The learning observed, the motivation, the interest aroused in the students during the practical activities of observing and recognizing stars in the sky, revealed in their statements, seem to indicate that the teaching units proposed and applied, to a large extent, proved to be potentially significant. We hope that our research and teaching proposal, consolidated in the educational product we present in the annex, the booklet “Guide for beginners and backpackers to the Solar System”, can bring contributions to other teachers and researchers involved in teaching Astronomy for Basic Education
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Ensino de Astronomia , Olimpíada Brasileira de Astronomia e Astronáutica (OBA) , Disciplinas eletivas , Aprendizagem significativa , Sistema solar , Brazilian Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad (OBA) , Elective discipline , Teaching Astronomy , Meaningful learning , Solar system , Educação básica