ASTRONOMY AS MANDATORY DISCIPLINE IN THE CURRICULUM OF GRADUATION IN PHYSICS TEACHING IN THE SOUTH REGION OF BRAZIL

Abstract

In this work, we present the results of a research that sought to map the discipline of Astronomy in undergraduate physics teaching courses in southern Brazil. As a data source, we investigated the courses participating in the 2017 National Student Performance Examination (ENADE) and consulted the Pedagogical Projects of these courses. Analyzing its curricular matrix and verifying what the literature had already pointed out, we find an evolution in the number of courses that have the subject of Astronomy, but still about half of these subjects are offered as elective curricular components. We also listed the most developed contents in these subjects and discussed some possibilities of articulation in the classroom, arguing that Astronomy should be more present in the training curriculum of the Physics teacher.