Criação de um espaço não formal como organizador prévio para o ensino de astronomia

Abstract

Physics is the most fundamental of Natural Science, it investigates the basic rules (or laws) that govern the functioning of the world we live in, from the microscopic scale (elementary particles, atoms, condensed matter) to the astronomical scale (ratio of sizes of the planets and their distances between, and how these phenomena influence in the year and eclipse seasons). The curricular component physics in secondary level in public schools has changed over time, ie, new horizons and challenges in order to help the student to understand natural phenomena, apply in their daily lives and better prepare you for the regular classes of physics. The purpose of this research was to propose the construction of a non-formal space as a previous organizer, constituting introductory system in some astronomical topics: proportions and distance between the sun and the planets, the moon phases and the occurrence of the seasons. Based on the principles of meaningful learning, the use of previous organizers. For Ausubel, the main function of the previous organizer is to serve as a bridge between the learner already knows and what he should know in order that the new material could be learned significantly. That is, previous organizers are useful to facilitate learning in that function as "cognitive bridges". This space was created from a project started in the course of degree in physics from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Amazon Technology - IFAM for dissemination and popularization of physical phenomena and its unique design redesigned making it here for this work specifically targeted for astronomy education, it is applied in the State School Farias Britto.