Banca de DEFESA: DOUGLAS DA COSTA CARDINOT

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STUDENT : DOUGLAS DA COSTA CARDINOT
DATE: 13/06/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Auditório do CCET e Youtube do PPGECM
TITLE:

History of Brazilian science in the construction of sociopolitical perspectives in science education in Brazil: the historical case of the Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno (CLBI)

KEY WORDS:

Sociopolitical perspective. Science education. Social justice. History of Brazilian science. Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno (CLBI).

PAGES: 240
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

Assuming the need to reconnect with questions of purpose and a commitment to a more politicized and politicizing science education, this theoretical thesis begins with the following research question: How can the history of Brazilian science contribute to the development of sociopolitical perspectives in science education in Brazil? These perspectives, which recognize the inseparability of knowledge, identity, and power, refer to approaches that bring political dimensions to the core of education — a shift already underway in the literature on science teaching. This research, therefore, aims to assess the role of the history of Brazilian science in building sociopolitical perspectives in science education in Brazil, focusing on a specific historical case: the Barreira do Inferno Launch Center, analyzed through the lens of the Cultural History of Science. The central thesis is that the history of Brazilian science—as exemplified by the case of the Barreira do Inferno Launch Center, viewed through the Cultural History of Science — offers key elements for the construction of sociopolitical perspectives in science education in Brazil. The choices of historiographical lens and historical episode are informed by a declared educational commitment. For the historical investigation, both primary and secondary sources were used. Primary sources include documents from U.S. diplomacy in Brazil, newspaper articles from the period, and documents from the government and the institution itself, including previously confidential or restricted archives. Secondary sources include scholarly works on the history of aerospace research in Brazil, Brazil–U.S. relations during the relevant period, and the political history of Rio Grande do Norte and the Northeast. The outcomes include: the theoretical articulation of frameworks from the history of science in science education, education for social justice, and sociopolitical perspectives in science education; the development of theoretical arguments supporting the potential of national historical episodes to foster sociopolitical perspectives in science education in Brazil; and the construction and analysis of a national historical episode in light of the theoretical framework developed in this thesis.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1451196 - ANDRE FERRER PINTO MARTINS
Interna - ***.742.017-** - MIDIÃ MEDEIROS MONTEIRO - NÃO INFORMADO
Externo à Instituição - ALEXANDRE BAGDONAS HENRIQUE - UFLA
Externa à Instituição - ANDRÉIA GUERRA DE MORAES - CEFET/RJ
Externo à Instituição - CRISTIANO BARBOSA DE MOURA