Softwares educativos e o ensino de astronomia na educação básica: possibilidades e limitações

Abstract

Astronomy, the oldest of all sciences, has arisen from man's real needs in knowing the universe of which he is a part. In this way, the observation of the cosmos has been and continues to be the source of fascination among various civilizations throughout history. In education, the teaching of astronomy assumes the role of great importance, since it allows to integrate different areas of knowledge, besides being characterized as one of the spheres of science that most arouse curiosity in students. Thus, through a qualitative research, we conducted an interview with a structured questionnaire answered by teachers working in public schools belonging to the 14th Regional Education Coordination (CRE), in Rio Grande do Sul, to understand how the teaching of this subject is developed in Basic Education, focusing on our mission region. Since, this curricular component is characterized as being of great relevance, being foreseen its approach by both PCNs and BNCC. Given that astronomy is a knowledge difficult to understand and even observation, we consider that the use of resources such as softwares and simulators is relevant, in order to guarantee the real learning and stimulation of the students at the basic level. In this context, the research problem is: How has Astronomy teaching been worked in the classroom in Basic Education in the schools of the 14th CRE? Is there any use of educational software? How are these being used? The region destined to the application of the questionnaire are the 11 municipalities that cover this coordination. As for data collection, it is based on the Survey questionnaire, such as the case of the Google Docs platform tools. Already, the analysis consists of Discursive Textual Analysis (DTA), divided into Unitarization, Categorization and Communication. Finally, the results were explained through a blog, which will be used to guide activities and manuals for the operation of TICs. In this way, we hope to contribute to the expansion and improvement of spaces destined for Astronomy in Basic Education.