Astronomia e CTS: um panorama das teses e dissertações da área

Abstract

An important field for educational training, especially in basic education, is related to the teaching of Astronomy, present in the area of Natural Sciences. The teaching of Astronomy can lead to the understanding of nature as a dynamic process in relation to society, besides having a high interdisciplinary potential, which enables an education mediated by the relations between Science, Technology and Society (SCT). In view of the relationship between Astronomy and CTS, it is important to question: Has academic research been developed in the field of astronomy and CTS? What are its characteristics? Therefore, a "state of knowledge" research was carried out in order to analyze what theses and dissertations with a FOCUS ON STS in astronomy education were conducted, with the objective of obtaining an overview of the scientific productions developed in the area. The basis was the work focusing on SC present in the Bank of Theses and Dissertations in Astronomy Education (BTDEA) of UFSCAR. This qualitative work used as a method of data analysis the set of techniques proposed by Bardin (2016) in his Content Analysis. Twenty-six theses and dissertations were submitted to analysis. The results showed that there was an increase in the number of productions from 2008 to 2018, as well as a variety of astronomy methodologies and contents addressed. Thus, it is intended to favor access to data and present an updated overview, as well as to encourage new research that seeks to analyze other repositories, and the study may be expanded in the future for further investigation.