Martins, André Ferrer PintoCardinot, Douglas da Costa2025-08-272025-08-272025-06-13CARDINOT, Douglas da Costa. História da ciência brasileira na construção de perspectivas sociopolíticas na educação em ciências no Brasil: o caso histórico do Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno (CLBI). Orientador: Dr. André Ferrer Pinto Martins. 2025. 227f. Tese (Doutorado em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática) - Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2025.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/65341Assuming the need to reconnect with questions of purpose and a commitment to a more politicized and politicizing science education, this theoretical thesis begins with the following research question: How can the history of Brazilian science contribute to the development of sociopolitical perspectives in science education in Brazil? These perspectives, which recognize the inseparability of knowledge, identity, and power, refer to approaches that bring political dimensions to the core of education — a shift already underway in the literature on science teaching. This research, therefore, aims to assess the role of the history of Brazilian science in building sociopolitical perspectives in science education in Brazil, focusing on a specific historical case: the Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno, analyzed through the lens of the Cultural History of Science. The central thesis is that the history of Brazilian science—as exemplified by the case of the Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno, viewed through the Cultural History of Science — offers key elements for the construction of sociopolitical perspectives in science education in Brazil. The choices of historiographical lens and historical episode are informed by a declared educational commitment. For the historical investigation, both primary and secondary sources were used. Primary sources include documents from U.S. diplomacy in Brazil, newspaper articles from the period, and documents from the government and the institution itself, including previously confidential or restricted archives. Secondary sources include scholarly works on the history of aerospace research in Brazil, Brazil–U.S. relations during the relevant period, and the political history of Rio Grande do Norte and the Northeast. The outcomes include: the theoretical articulation of frameworks from the history of science in science education, education for social justice, and sociopolitical perspectives in science education; the development of theoretical arguments supporting the potential of national historical episodes to foster sociopolitical perspectives in science education in Brazil; and the construction and analysis of a national historical episode in light of the theoretical framework used in this thesis.pt-BRAcesso AbertoPerspectiva sociopolíticaEducação em ciênciasJustiça socialHistória da ciência brasileiraCentro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno (CLBI)doctoralThesisCIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::MATEMATICA