Astronomy in Brazilian Basic Education: a Look at BNCC of Elementary School

Astronomy in Brazilian Basic Education: a Look at BNCC of Elementary School

Presenter: Thais Alexandre, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Collaborators: Taynara Nassar and Cristina Leite (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)

This was a poster presented at the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).

Astronomy is present in the Common National Curriculum Base in Brazil. The analysis of this document enabled us to build an overview of the themes related to astronomy in elementary school. It was possible to perceive that there is an indication for proposals of sky’s observation, with identification of heavenly bodies and comprehension of the movements of the Earth, Sun and Moon, as a way of understanding periodic phenomena on the first cycle of elementary school. In the second cycle, the focus is the construction of relations between sky’s observations and scientific models, enabling the construction of arguments, interpretations and justifications based on scientific evidence for these phenomena, in addition to deeper studies about the dynamics of the heavenly bodies of the Universe.

About the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop:

The topic for this year’s Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education is ‘Leveraging the potential of astronomy in formal education’ and is scheduled to run 15 to 17 November 2022 as a fully virtual event on Hopin as in previous years. This year’s Shaw-IAU Workshop focuses on the role of astronomy in the core regions of formal, primary and secondary, education: How do we teach astronomy as its own subject? What is the role of astronomy in teaching physics or chemistry – or in communicating such a central future topic as climate change? In sessions marked with a * we aim to hear specifically from teachers. We also address the question of how to approach those who set the framework for teaching: How can you get your administration, or at a much higher level: your education ministry, to listen to you? Last but not least we look at how to bridge the divide between the fundamentals that are commonly taught in school and results from cutting-edge research, which tend to be fascinating to students and the general public alike. he workshop was organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (http://astro4edu.org). More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/4th-shaw-iau-workshop/

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