Plataforma Geoguia: guia para o desenvolvimento de aulas de campo em geografia nos ensinos fundamental e médio

Abstract

The current research brings a discussion regarding the Field Class as methodological procedure integrative of theory and practice in the promotion of the learning of students in Elementary and Middle School as well as in High School, in the curricular component of Geography. Of quantitative and qualitative nature, the study has as general objective discuss and correlate the theme Field Class as a methodology integrative of theory-practice in the teaching of Geography. As specific objectives, the study proposes to create a virtual resource relating the Field Class to the contact theory-practice in the teaching of Geography; produce a didactic tool here presented in the electronic platform for the development of Field Class; and, lastly, develop an educational product aiming at strengthening the relations technology, teacher-student-object of study, experiencing new methods of learning in the application of contents, concepts and categories approached in the teaching of Geography. The results present, besides the theoretical and empirical discussion on the Field Class in the teaching of Geography, the construction of an educational product – Platform Geoguide (Geoguia) whose contents are focused on the planning and on the execution of the Field Classes, including the requirements presented on the official documents, such as the Protocol of Field Class, published by the Secretary of Education of the State of Mato Grosso, for example. The empirical incursion reveals that, among the researched teachers, independently of the teaching level in which they act, do recognize the pedagogical potential of the Field Classes. However, there are real implications which hamper from the planning to the execution of the Field Classes and, although they represent challenges, they do not impede the adoption. In this regard, the thesis contributed to tackle and rethink the Field Class in the teaching of Geography in the different academic levels and, above all, aiming for the full learning of the student.