Ensino de cartografia na 2ª fase do ensino fundamental : livro didático, currículo e concepções docentes na cidade de Goiás/GO

Abstract

This work is the result of a research entitled “Teaching Cartography in the 2nd Phase of Elementary Education: textbook, curriculum and teaching conceptions in the city of Goiás/GO”. The objective of this research was analyze the cartography present in the second phase of Elementary School, based on three theories of cartography. Studies were carried out on the textbook, National Curricular Parameters, Reference Curriculum of the State of Goiás and the Practice of the Geography Teacher in the city of Goiás. In order to understand the way how each of these documents conceives cartography and how it is mediated to students in the classroom. Cartography, as it is a content considered ‘difficult’ was the key to this research, so it allowed us to understand the cartography in curricular documents and teaching practice in Geography. Through, bibliographic analysis, documents, and interviews with teachers of Geography of schools in the City of Goiás, the research recognized and identified that cartography is included in documents and school practices of Geography through diversity.