THE REPRESENTATION OF LANDSCAPES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BRAZIL THROUGH THE USE OF INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC RESOURCES

Authors

  • Tadeu Jussani Martins rede de ensino pública do Estado de São Paulo
  • Andréa Aparecida Zacharias Faculdade de Ciências, Tecnologia e Educação da Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” – UNESP/FCTE-Campus de Ourinhos-SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18817/26755122.26.3.2022.3060

Keywords:

Basic Education. Elementary School. Geovisualization. Geographic Reasoning.

Abstract

The paper aims to contribute critically with the study of landscapes in a Brazil’s Basic Education stage whose students’ age varies between 6 to 17 years old. As such, a chart of sequential skills is presented, mentioning explicitly the term “landscape” or “landscapes” as the proposed study focus in documents directing the teaching of Geography (such as BNCC) and from there, critical reflections take part concerning how a landscape is (and can or could be) treated in school everyday routine. In this direction, Geovisualization is proposed as a technique able to make viable, in an interactive manner, the representation and study of landscapes. As such, a refresh of a conceptual model of Geovisualization is proposed. As a result, an example of a digital resource is presented and discussed: GeoGuessr, a guessing game that makes available the study of landscapes by means of interactivity.

Author Biographies

Tadeu Jussani Martins, rede de ensino pública do Estado de São Paulo

Doutorando em Geografia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia do Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas da Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” – PPGG / IGCE / UNESP – e Professor Coordenador Pedagógico na rede de ensino pública do Estado de São Paulo.

Andréa Aparecida Zacharias, Faculdade de Ciências, Tecnologia e Educação da Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” – UNESP/FCTE-Campus de Ourinhos-SP

PhD em Geografia, Profª. da Faculdade de Ciências, Tecnologia e Educação da Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” – UNESP/FCTE-Campus de Ourinhos-SP, Profª. Credenciada no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia - UNESP/Câmpus de Rio Claro-SP, Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa em Geotecnologias e Cartografia aplicadas à Geografia – GEOCART/CNPq.

Published

2022-11-17

How to Cite

Martins, T. J. ., & Zacharias, A. A. . (2022). THE REPRESENTATION OF LANDSCAPES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BRAZIL THROUGH THE USE OF INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC RESOURCES. Revista Ciência Geográfica, 26(3), 1252–1268. https://doi.org/10.18817/26755122.26.3.2022.3060