O planetário: espaço de ciências para a construção do conhecimento de acadêmicos do curso de pedagogia

Abstract

The work deals with the challenges arising in the formation of knowledge of academics in the Pedagogy Degree course, aiming at teaching Natural Sciences, specifically in the area of ​​Astronomy teaching and analyzing the understanding of themes inherent to astronomy and cartography by 4th year academics of Pedagogy at UEG/Uruaçu. It also highlights the use of the Planetarium as a non-formal teaching space to contribute to the search for knowledge and demystification of content in this area. To prove the theory studied, field research was carried out at the State University of Goiás, Campus Uruaçu, to find out whether visiting the Planetarium really contributes to the formation of knowledge among academics. And a bibliographical research contemplating the theoretical framework of some theorists, such as: GOHN( 2014), which takes an approach to non-formal spaces, RIDPATH( 2006), which highlights the history of planetariums, MARTINS( 2009), which talks about on the importance and use of planetariums and COUPER E HENBEST (2009), which points out how the study of astronomy began and its importance for our lives. To this end, we started with the following question: Does the Planetarium offer conditions to demystify the high level of abstraction that such content requires to be understood?