Proposição de atividade formativa para o ensino de Astronomia por professores da rede pública de ensino do município de Sítio Novo/RN

Abstract

Astronomy teaching presents serious problems both in the conceptual field and in the methodological aspects resulting from the initial training of teachers and the learning problems that occur with students throughout elementary school especially in the early grades. Works that seek to minimize these problems have been carried out in science teaching with the objective of contributing to overcome the learning difficulties related to this field of knowledge. In this work we developed proposals of activities to discuss astronomy concepts with science teachers of the 4th and 5th grades of the public school system of the city Sítio Novo, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The proposal was carried out from a workshop in remote format due to the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19). The initial data indicated that teachers have conceptual and methodological difficulties in teaching the contents of the Earth and Universe Thematic Unit, an axis that includes the concepts of the Astronomy area. From the workshop where the product was applied it was possible to identify that the participants brought their knowledge about the area based on common sense ideas or completely out of the scientific context, as for example, when they specify that the way they approach the content is based on teachings given by their parents. The results showed that the formative action contributed in a relevant way to the theoretical and methodological foundation of the participating teachers, enabling them to approach Astronomy teaching from a science vision accepted by the scientific community.