Pedagogia e o ensino de geografia: um estudo nas escolas no município de Miracema do Tocantins – TO

Abstract

The present research had as objective to analyze the universe of the practical classes of Geography in the initial years, as well as to observe the conjuncture of the praxis of the pedagogue as teacher of this discipline. Geography is an area of knowledge that develops practical and theoretical skills in children in the early years, which has important repercussions on their adult life as a citizen. A qualitative and field research was developed using a questionnaire technique with questions open to 9 (nine) teachers, from the municipal schools Francisco Martins Noleto and Vilmar Vasconcelos Feitosa from the city of Miracema do Tocantins - TO. Teachers list difficulties and needs arising from initial training and teaching work with geographic content in the initial years. It is known that the teaching of geography contributes to the formation of the critical citizen, but it is not enough for the teacher to work with critical contents, it is fundamental that he brings to the classroom something that will cause the students to come to reflect, to think, to reason, to participate, so that they can form their own opinions about the space where they live, this is also as important as the critical contents.