A realidade virtual como ferramenta didática para o ensino de astronomia e cosmologia na educação básica

Abstract

The present dissertation approaches a sequence of educational procedures aimed at the use of information and communication technologies (especially the use of smartphones and cardboard), in the application of active methodologies for the teaching of Physics in basic education. Based on Vygotsky's historical-cultural theory, it aims to discuss the use of immersive virtual reality, through the cardboard, to insert the contents of Astronomy and Cosmology into interventions performed during the regular school activities. To this end, an educational product composed of a didactic sequence was developed, which was applied to a class of the 2nd year of the technical course of Maintenance and Support to Informatics, integrated to the high school, of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba ( IFPB). Eight classes were planned and taught, developing during these moments four themes: Optics, Newtonian Gravitation, Astronomy and Cosmology. From the use of the technologies employed in this work, the students were able to approach abstract themes and considered distant from their reality within the framework of programmatic discussions; at the same time, the execution of this activity sought to deepen the curiosity, encouraging the interest of the students involved from the perspective of a study of Physics interconnected to contemporary and challenging questions for Science.