Continuing Teacher Education: the Comets as an Pedagogical Strategy to the Teaching Astronomy

This is a poster presented at the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org). Title: Continuing Teacher Education: the Comets as an Pedagogical Strategy to the Teaching Astronomy Presenter:de Souza Valdemiro Campos, Jaqueline (Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquisa Filho") The Astronomy teaching needs to be sensitive to the needs of teachers, encouraging and adding to their routines and pedagogical practices. The comet is a potential interdisciplinary approach to insert Astronomy concepts. The development of concept through workshops and virtuals simulator contributed significantly to the construction of teacher knowledge in a continuing teacher training through of the D. Shön's practical-reflective, J. Dewey's progressive education and D. Ausubel's meaningful learning. The Bardin's Content Analysis revealed that training centered on a single topic favors the teacher's teaching and learning process. Teachers demonstrated a change in their pedagogical, professional practice and motivational like a research news themes and use a new teaching tools. About the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop:The 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop took place:12 - 15 November 2024. The Shaw-IAU workshops focus on astronomy education for primary and secondary school students and teacher training both in universities and in service. This year's workshop featured two special topics: an exploration of the first two years of the James Webb Space Telescope for the scientific topic, and the crucial aspect of evaluation in educational contexts as the non-scientific topic.More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/Keep up to date with future Shaw-IAU Workshops and other opportunities at the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education by joining our mailing list https://astro4edu.org/mailing-list/Follow the IAU OAE on Bluesky and Facebook under @astro4edu