Indigenous knowledge about the skies: cultural astronomy in Brazilian educational documents

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https://doi.org/10.35819/tear.v9.n2.a4518

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Abstract: This research aimed to analyze the space occupied by knowledge about indigenous skies in national and state educational documents. The methodology has a qualitative approach. The National Curriculum Parameters, Common National Curricular Base, Curricular Proposals for the State of Amazonas, and National Curriculum Reference for Indigenous Schools were selected for the content analysis. The results show that only the National Curriculum Reference for Indigenous Schools, a specific document for these cultures, presents explicitly elements regarding the knowledge of indigenous skies. The specific approach to indigenous knowledge about the skies in the other documents is small. When it comes to the Curricular Proposals of the State of Amazonas, the lack of these issues is worrying. In the state with the largest number of self-declared indigenous people in the country, addressing issues related to knowledge about indigenous skies would underscore the importance of valuing the knowledge produced by these peoples. The lack of this approach can contribute to naturalize a curriculum that predominantly presents the dominant culture. The little representation of indigenous culture in the curriculum, consequently, promotes the maintenance of textbooks from this same perspective.

Keywords: Curriculum. Indigenous culture. Cultural diversity.

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Author Biographies

  • Márdila Alves Bueno, Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Amazonas - SEDUC

    Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Master of Science and Humanities Teaching (PPGECH) from the Federal University of Amazonas.

  • Elrismar Auxiliadora Gomes Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Amazonas

    Researcher and professor at the Post-Graduate Program in Science and Humanities Teaching at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) and undergraduate studies in Sciences, Mathematics and Physics at the same university.

  • Marta de Souza Rodrigues, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

    PhD student of the Interunits Program in Science Teaching at the University of São Paulo (PIEC / USP).

  • Eulina Maria Leite Nogueira, Universidade Federal do Amazonas
    Researcher and professor at the Graduate Program in Science and Humanities Teaching at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) and at the Pedagogy Degree course at the same university.

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2020-12-08

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2020): INDIGENOUS STUDIES AND EDUCATION

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Indigenous knowledge about the skies: cultural astronomy in Brazilian educational documents. #Tear: Journal of Education, Science and Technology, Canoas, v. 9, n. 2, 2020. DOI: 10.35819/tear.v9.n2.a4518. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/4518. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2026.