Produção e aplicação de livro paradidático para o ensino de Astronomia Cultural: “Uma aventura pelos céus da Amazônia”

Abstract

This work presents reflections that involve the teaching of Astronomy in Basic Education, more specifically, Cultural Astronomy linked to the different types of knowledge described by Áttico Chassot and to the conceptual profiles of Eduardo Mortimer. The work aims to develop practical astronomy activities from the production and application of a narrative through a paradidactic book focused on the Amazon context with regard to indigenous constellations, in order to value and preserve the local knowledge of students. The theme of multiculturalism is part of the Transversal Contemporary Themes of the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), as well as the skill EF09CI15: “to relate different readings of the sky and explanations about the origin of the Earth, the Sun or the Solar System to the needs of different people”. cultures (agriculture, hunting, myth, spatial and temporal orientation, etc.)”. The work is characterized as qualitative and makes observations of possible signs of learning through the performance of students during the activities carried out. Thus, this work presents 4 practical Astronomy activities through a didactic sequence, including reading the paradidactic book “An Adventure through the Skies of the Amazon”, expository classes, use of the Stellarium software and observational activities of the sky with the naked eye. The target audience was 20 students from the 9th year of the Tia Erica Strasser Municipal Elementary School, located in the municipality of Moju-PA. Therefore, the application of the activities listed in the didactic sequence allowed us to detect evidence of learning, namely, the astronomical concepts brought by the BNCC. In addition, such activities aroused the students' curiosity and contributed to the scientific literacy process, however, it was noticed that there are still many barriers to be overcome, such as the lack of appropriate didactic/paradidactic resources, adequate rooms, absence of computers in schools, lack of specific training for teachers, among other factors. Therefore, it is concluded that this work, through the application of the didactic sequence, becomes an important educational tool and contributes to the student's scientific literacy process. Thus, it is expected that the material constructed here can be used in other contexts, by other teachers, in order to explore the area of cultural astronomy in Basic Education.