Cosmologia, astronomia e astrofísica no ensino médio: uma investigação sobre a prática educativa dos professores de Física da região de Cajazeiras - PB.

Abstract

The skies and their mysteries have long fascinated humanity. Themes such as black holes, big bangs, gravitational waves, space travel, meteor showers, among others, highlight the curiosity of a large part of Basic Education students who frequently come across these subjects in newspapers, magazines or even in films of science fiction and consequently, they end up taking these discussions, which are part of the body of knowledge from Cosmology, Astronomy and Astrophysics to Physics classes. However, despite the interest shown by students, research both at local and national level leads us to believe that issues of this nature are rarely discussed by physics teachers in the classroom. Therefore, in this work we will present the conceptions of four high school physics teachers, who work in state schools belonging to the 9th Management located in the Municipality of Cajazeiras - PB, about the feasibility of approaching themes specific to Cosmology, Astronomy and Astrophysics in middle level classes. Through semistructured interviews, it was possible to identify that the lack of didactic materials, the difficulty of building an didactic transposition, the lack of an adequate environment, the lack of adequate training and the large amount of content in the physics curriculum are some of the main difficulties that prevent the discussion of these contents in the classroom. In view of this, we believe that knowing the teachers' conceptions on this issue will help us to understand some of the challenges that they face daily in their profession, while contributing to the construction of measures that will, in a way, help to overcome these challenges.