OBA – Olimpíada Brasileira de Astronomia e Astronáutica e o seu incentivo ao ensino no Brasil

Abstract

The Brazilian Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad (OBA) is a competition that was born in 1998 with the intention of popularizing astronomy in Brazil between public and private school students and seeks to train and collaborate with teachers in their approaches and preparation of classes, already that most are not trained in Astronomy and Astronautics. In the last years, the state of Ceará has been standing out among the states with more participants in the race. Therefore, this work describes the OBA and its achievements over the last few years, as the state of Ceará has excelled in the Olympiad and as an aid in training the participants. We analyze how students are motivated to take this test and what relevance they have in their academic lives and we use the methodology of the Preparatory Course for the OBA (2018) conducted by the GEPAC group at the IFCE school, aimed at high school students, as an object of our research and through a questionnaire answered by the participating students, we discuss their answers and the role of Astronomy in teaching other disciplines such as Physics, Mathematics and Geography.