A ASTRONOMIA NO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL: PRINCÍPIOS PARA PENSAR A PRÁTICA EM SALA DE AULA

Abstract

The Cosmos has always aroused curiosity and fascinated the human being, and its pertinent observations grounded and gave rise to the area of science that we call Astronomy, end that according to the National Curricular Common Base, it should be addressed at all stages of primary and secondary education. However, most teachers who work in basic education today did not even have contact with the subject during their academic training process, since most of the pedagogy degree courses do not have the subject in their curriculum, and that is why , may not have the necessary knowledge and theoretical foundations to be able to apply the contents in the classroom. Given this context, the interest in this research topic arose, which seeks to analyze the importance of this astronomical knowledge for the lives of students, the difficulties that have been encountered and how Astronomy has been worked on in educational institution.The method applied as a basis for this research was a bibliographic review, of a qualitative nature, with theoretical basis in authors and researchers who have already discussed the topic. It can be concluded that the teaching of Astronomy faces several difficulties in Brazil, from the lack of professional qualification, the lack of teaching materials and the absence of na adequate physical structure. The consequences of this process are the almost total absence of content in this area addressed in the classrooms, the limitation to develop and apply quality classes to provide students with the teaching of Astronomy.