Dissertations / Theses: 'Teaching and learning in geography'

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陳淑英 and Suk-ying Eva Chan. "Teachers' conceptions of geography teaching and learning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31962786.

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Chan, Suk-ying Eva. "Teachers' conceptions of geography teaching and learning." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25752194.

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Wakefield, Kelly. "Transnational Higher Education Networks for Learning and Teaching (TNLTs) in Geography." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/11849.

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Transnational Higher Education Networks for Learning and Teaching (TNLTs) in Geography are networks of academic geographers that facilitate a common interest in exchanging knowledge about higher education learning and teaching. Participation within these learning and teaching networks arguably provides benefits of information sharing but is often compromised by barriers such as finance and time. The aim of this study is to contribute to geographies of higher education by exploring academic networking practices for learning and teaching through geographers motivations, experiences and outcomes of participation alongside the role that technology plays in facilitating these. The subject of learning and teaching is an increasingly important area of study. The complex relationship between the practices of learning and teaching alongside research and administration duties within higher education has been previously explored yet little discussion is offered on academics who focus on learning and teaching practice. However, within the context of human geography research TNLTs as defined within this thesis have only received cursory treatment. This study situates TNLTs under the umbrella of geographies of higher education that are increasingly being studied with focuses on transnational academic mobility, international student mobility and international collaborations in higher education. This study sketches a conceptual framework for engaging in academic networking by bringing research together on TNLTs, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), higher education on a global scale, Communities of Practice (CoP) and the technology driven-network society that comprise five bodies of literature that have not been considered collectively before. Due to a lack of literature and previous work on TNLTs, this thesis applies grounded theorising that generated findings out of the data rather than testing a hypothesis. Such inductive methodology develops and constructs theory and is a useful approach to researching TNLTs because it also allows for a combination of different research methods. In this thesis, various ways to access TNLTs are blended to effectively study them, including both face-to-face and online surveys and interviews.

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Maduane, Leshabela Herbert. "Barriers to geography learning and teaching in grade 12 in the Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1537.

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Thesis (Ph. D. (Education)) -- University of Limpopo, 2016
The purpose of this research was to investigate teachers’ professional proficiency in terms of geography as a subject and English as the language of learning and teaching, the level of difficulty of the textbooks in terms of their difficulty of terminologies and structure, and the impact of code-switching from LoLT into local African languages on learners’ growth in geographical terminologies and communicativeness in English thinking in geography. These issues were considered by the researcher as barriers to learning and teaching of geography in grade 12 in the Limpopo Province. For the investigation of the barriers, the researcher chose research design comprising qualitative, quantitative, explorative and descriptive approaches pertinent to the study. The central figure in the investigation was the learner; the study was underpinned by the constructivist approach. The researcher considered triangulation of methods when gathering data due to the comprehensiveness of the sought data. The method employed was to gather literature on similar studies conducted by scholars elsewhere to shed light to the researcher of the problem under investigation. Structured questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, participant observations were used to collect data on focal learning and teaching activities. The researcher was keen in determining how teachers employed their preferred methods of teaching geography and the attitudes and perceptions of the learners to the activities that were part of the lessons. The researcher involved (n=16) subject teachers, and administered a 20-item questionnaire to learners. (n=407) responded to a 15-item questionnaire. Curriculum teachers (n=10) were interviewed separately from the pool of the said (n=16), subject advisers (n=2) were interviewed to provide first-hand experience. The findings affirmed that there was poor professional proficiency; textbooks were a recognized learning barrier to second language English learners in terms of the difficulty of the language which was linked to geographical concepts coined in English, teachers’ lack of linguistic competence in LoLT to supplement the difficult textbooks. The result was that this led to resorting to code-switching that deprived learners of practice in the language to attain effective learning and good performance in examinations.

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Rickinson, Mark. "The teaching and learning of environmental issues through geography : a classroom-based investigation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312661.

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Lai, Ling-yan Edith, and 賴靈恩. "Effects of cooperative learning on student learning outcomes and approaches to learning in sixth form geography." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38627292.

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Dlamini, Mandlenkhosi Nhlanhla. "Understanding and teaching climate change in the Secondary Education Geography Curriculum in Swaziland." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60993.

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Climate change education is globally recognised as a key approach through which to enhance the knowledge and understanding of climate change among learners and teachers. This study thus sought to investigate the understanding and teaching of climate change in the Secondary Education Geography Curriculum in Swaziland. The major goal of this study was to establish the understanding and teaching of climate change in the secondary education Geography curriculum of the country. To investigate the understanding and teaching of climate, the study employed an exploratory design comprising methods like questionnaire, focus group interviews as well as document analysis in the form of secondary records. The data was collected from 16 principals, 32 Geography teachers from 16 high schools; four from each region of Swaziland, one Senior Environmental Education Officer, one senior inspector of Geography and one senior Geography curriculum designer. Numerous gaps and misconceptions were found to exist in learners and teachers understanding of climate change education. The findings reflected that the teachers were not comfortable with the integration of climate change education into all the secondary education Geography curriculum lessons. However, they claimed to be unknowingly practising its integration to a limited extent. Although the teachers generally supported the integration of climate change education into the geography curriculum, they cited challenges like lack of proper training on climate change education, a shortage of teaching resources on CCE and the already overcrowded geography curriculum which then made it impossible for CCE integration. The study recommends that the Ministry of Education and Training need to train teachers on CCE both at in-service and pre-service level and providing the resources required for CCE, for instance, the internet and good libraries for research, since CCE requires perpetual learning.
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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Chau, Yuk-lin, and 周玉蓮. "Teachers' use of senior secondary geography textbooks in Hong Kong : implications for meaningful learning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206514.

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Given the current availability of newly-designed textbooks for senior secondary geography teachers and the limited focus on their role in promoting students’ ‘meaningful learning’ advocated in the curriculum reform, a study of teachers’ use of geography textbooks in Hong Kong is particularly timely. Seeking to know the teachers’ practice of using geography textbooks, this study aims at describing and explaining how teachers use the two sets of textbooks, and exploring how their use might be improved in the context of particular classrooms to bring about meaningful learning among students. Two single cases of teacher participants were chosen for study. A holistic case study approach was adopted with a wide range of qualitative research techniques, namely observation, interviews, documentation and journal-writing. Drawing on Remillard’s model of teachers’ role in curriculum development (1999), data collected for each case was analyzed to understand teacher’s activity of using textbooks in curriculum mapping, design and construction arenas. The findings showed that teachers may have different levels of engagement with the textbooks in different dimensions of teaching. Textbooks were generally used as a major source of knowledge in the content determination. Yet, teachers neither used them alone nor followed them slavishly. Driven by the advocacy of constructivist approach to learning, they not only chose relevant tasks from textbooks for students to undertake, but also used the textbooks as one of the sources of geographical ideas or stimulus materials to design the tasks with a focus on different levels of cognition for in-class activities. During the lessons, the PowerPoint files which came along with the prescribed textbooks were widely used for an exposition or reinforcement of students’ work. They were also flexibly used and adapted according to teachers’ spontaneous decisions to varying extents. Teachers’ diversity in their ways of using geography textbooks stemmed from the interaction between their different individual characteristics in terms of experience, knowledge and beliefs, and the textbooks in varying contexts. To a broader context, their diverse ways of using textbooks could be attributed to their different degrees of being influenced by public examination, lesson time, institutional polices and organization norms, professional development opportunities and computer infrastructure, as well as their attitudes towards students’ characteristics. It was worth noting that the constraints in the circumstances of teaching, such as time constraints for lesson preparation, sometimes made teachers difficult to perform their ideal teaching and learning roles. According to the three principles proposed by Hooper and Rieber (1999:258-260), certain ways of using the textbooks could generate the opportunities for supporting students’ meaningful learning were unveiled in this study. First, teachers who chose the essential content, selected important tasks and designed meaningful tasks based on the text and illustrations could provide opportunities for students to have active processing of lesson content. Next, the use of multitext approach in the group enquiry tasks, oral presentation and debriefing sessions could allow students to expose to information from multiple perspectives. Third, the presentation of content in the form of cases or examples, and the use of tasks or case studies in the textbooks for authentic work, issue-based or case-based enquiry learning could build upon students’ knowledge and life experience in meaningful contexts. Teachers’ interaction with textbooks did not guarantee the generation of meaningful learning outcome. To improve the ways of textbook use for students’ meaningful learning, several feasible strategies were identified. To cope with students’ limited capacity of working memory, teachers may slow down the pace of presentation, avoid students doing unnecessary tasks, and use suitable modes and structures of the presentation of information for students with different cognitive styles. Selective use of materials and props provided by the publishers could avoid the repetition of content and increase students’ interest in processing of lesson content. To increase students’ mental engagement in the tasks, their learning attitudes should be improved through interesting tasks in the textbooks, rewarding practice, team competition and small group work. It was also important to connect the content in the tasks to their existing knowledge through providing conditional knowledge, making the text more comprehensible to students and using visual images with more explicit information. Some higher-order questions should be added in the ready-made tasks to cater for diverse students’ abilities. Group work could be used to help the lower achievers in these tasks. Regarding the use of supplementary materials, teachers should use PowerPoints and their own resources together to sustain students’ engagement in the cognitive tasks. Since it was not easy to transfer knowledge through animations, words should be better presented as narration than on-screen text. To increase group engagement in the tasks, group work should be properly managed. Finally, teachers should make students familiar with real-life contexts before they started engaging them in tasks. In conclusion, teachers can use the textbooks to provide opportunities for students’ meaningful learning, but this sometimes became unattainable because of difficulties in the circumstances of teaching. Findings suggested that more efforts should be made to improve initial teacher education programme, increase teachers’ professional development opportunities, provide more useful offerings in the textbooks, relieve the problems of time constraints for lesson preparation and inadequate lesson time, and teach students’ enquiry skills and collaborative skills.
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West, Bryan A. "Conceptions of geographic information systems (GIS) held by senior geography students in Queensland." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16682/.

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Geographical Information Systems (GIS) represent one of the major contributions to spatial analysis and planning of the new technologies. While teachers and others have viewed its potential contribution to geographical education as considerable, it has not been known with any certainty whether they present a valuable educational tool that aids geographical education. The value of GIS to geographical education is viewed as depending on a geographical education being, in itself, valuable. Within this context, synergetic focus groups are employed to explore the conceptions of GIS held by 109 secondary school students studying Senior Geography in metropolitan and regional Queensland, Australia. A phenomenographic approach is adopted to identify the six qualitatively different ways, or conceptions, in which the participating students experience GIS as: 1. Maps and a source of maps in geography. 2. Mapping in geography: a way to use and create maps. 3. A professional mapping tool: exceeding the needs of senior geography. 4. Frustrating geography: irksome and presenting many challenges to the student-user. 5. Relevant geography: within and beyond the school experience. 6. A better geography: offering a superior curriculum, and broader geographical education, when contrasted to a senior geography that omits its use. The structural and referential elements of each of these conceptions are elucidated within corresponding Categories of Description. The qualitatively different ways in which the conceptions may be experienced are illustrated through an Outcome Space, comprising a metaphoric island landscape. This structural framework reveals that for the Senior Geography students who participated in this investigation, the extent to which GIS may augment the curriculum is influenced by the nature of students' individual understandings of how GIS manages spatial data. This research project is a response to repeated calls in the literature for teachers of geography themselves to become researchers and for a better understanding of GIS within geography education. It reviews the salient literature with respect to geography and geography education generally, and GIS within geographical education specifically. The investigation has confirmed that qualitatively different conceptions of GIS exist amongst students and that these are not consistently aligned with assumptions about its use and benefits as presented by current literature. The findings of the study contribute to knowledge of the potential educational outcomes associated with the use of GIS in geography education and decisions related to current and potential geography curricula. It provides guidance for future curriculum development involving GIS and argues for additional research to inform educators and the spatial sciences industry about the actual and perceived role of GIS within geography education.

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Awases, Cherly Lydia. "Secondary school Geography teachers' understanding and implementation learner-centred eof ducation and enquiry-based teaching in Namibia." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97002.

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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the understanding of and experiences in the implementation of learner-centred education (LCE) and enquiry-based teaching of Grade 10 Geography teachers against the backdrop of curriculum reform in Namibia. The Namibian curriculum is premised on the view that there is a need for the holistic development and preparation of learners for a knowledge-based society. Globally, LCE, with its potential for broadening access to quality education, has been a recurring theme of national reform policies and has been promoted as an innovative way of teaching. The usefulness of the LCE approach and associated enquiry-based teaching is embedded in constructivism and is introduced with the promise that it will enable learners to develop investigative and critical thinking skills that will put them at the centre of learning. This interpretative study employed a case study approach that utilised qualitative methods to gather information on the experiences of the three Geography teachers at the sampled schools as they implement LCE and enquiry-based teaching. The main data-gathering techniques in phases 1 and 2 of the research respectively were semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. The findings revealed that the teachers have different understandings of what LCE and enquiry-based teaching approaches are, although their teaching employs some elements of it. The research also indicated that there is one big factor that impinges on their implementation of LCE and enquiry-based teaching approaches. The teachers admitted that, due to the pressure of learner success in the end-of-year Grade 10 examination, they rather teach to the test. This diverts their teaching from focusing on implementing approaches that actively involve learners in the learning process and nurture enquiry skills when these skills are not formally assessed in examinations. Consequently, teachers fail to implement the syllabus as intended by policy makers and curriculum developers. Even though the findings of this study may be specific to the sampled schools and the participating teachers, it can be assumed that similar situations exist in schools with comparable contexts. It is therefore important that education policy makers and relevant stakeholders strive to allocate sufficient support and resources for teachers to implement LCE and enquiry-based teaching effectively in schools.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die verstaan van en ervarings met die implementering van leerder-gesentreerde en ondersoek-gebaseerde onderrig van Graad 10 Geografie-onderwysers teen die agtergrond van kurrikulumhervorming in Namibië. Die Namibiese leerplan berus op die siening dat daar „n behoefte is aan die holistiese ontwikkeling en voorbereiding van leerders vir „n kennis-gebaseerde samelewing. Leerder-gesentreerde onderrig met sy potensiaal om toegang tot gehalte onderwys te verbreed, is „n tema wat wêreldwyd herhaaldelik in nasionale hervormingsbeleid voorkom en as „n innoverende wyse van onderrig bevorder word. Die nut van die leerder-gesentreerde benadering en gepaardgaande ondersoek-gebaseerde onderrig is in konstruktivisme gebaseer en word voorgestel met die belofte dat dit leerders in staat sal stel om ondersoekende en kritiese denkvaardighede te ontwikkel, wat hulle sentraal in die leerproses sal plaas. Hierdie interpretatiewe studie het 'n gevallestudie-benadering gevolg en kwalitatiewe metodes gebruik om inligting in te samel oor die ervarings van drie Geografie-onderwysers se implementering van leerder-gesentreerde en ondersoek-gebaseerde onderrig by skole wat as steekproef gekies is. Die belangrikste onderskeidelike data-insamelingstegnieke in fases 1 en 2 van die navorsing was semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude en klaskamerwaarneming. Die bevindinge toon dat die onderwysers verskillende begrippe handhaaf van wat leerder-gesentreerde en ondersoek-gebaseerde onderrigbenaderings behels, hoewel hulle onderrig sommige elemente daarvan toon. Die navorsing het ook aangedui dat een belangrike faktor inbreuk doen op hul implementering van leerder-gesentreerde en ondersoek-gebaseerde onderrigbenaderings. Die onderwysers het erken dat die druk van leerdersukses in die graad 10-eksamen aan die einde van die jaar hulle eerder met die oog op die toets laat onderrig gee. Dit verplaas die fokus van hul onderrig weg van die implementering van benaderings wat leerders aktief by die leerproses betrek en die koestering van ondersoekvaardighede, veral ook omdat hierdie vaardighede nie formeel in eksamens beoordeel word nie. Onderwysers slaag gevolglik nie daarin om die leerplan soos beleidmakers en kurrikulum-ontwikkelaars dit bedoel, te implementeer nie. Selfs al sou die bevindinge van hierdie studie slegs spesifiek op die betrokke skole en die deelnemende onderwysers betrekking hê, kan aanvaar word dat soortgelyke situasies in skole in vergelykbare kontekste bestaan. Dit is dus belangrik dat onderwysbeleidmakers en relevante rolspelers daarna moet streef om voldoende ondersteuning en hulpbronne vir onderwysers beskikbaar te stel om leerder-gesentreerde en ondersoek-gebaseerde onderrig effektief in skole te implementeer.

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Angula, Adelheid. "nvestigating grade 10 geography teachers' implementation of a learner-centred approach in selected Namibian schools." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004459.

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Geography, more than other subjects in the curriculum, plays a central role in general education in equipping learners with skills and competencies needed for modern living and global citizenship. A learner-centred education in Namibia was adopted to provide more opportunities for learners to develop the required skills and competencies irrespective of their different cultural background. This small-scale case study investigated three Grade 10 geography teachers' understanding and implementation ofa learner-centred approach to gain insights into how leamer-centred education is being implemented in the context of Geography. The research design adopted a qualitative approach within an interpretative orientation. Data were collected through interviews, classroom observations and documentary analysis. The research was conducted at three selected schools in Oshikoto Region with three Grade 10 geography teachers The findings revealed, firstly, that teachers have a limited understanding of the key ideas ofLCE, such as, prior knowledge, role of questioning, and social interaction in learning; use of resources and the types of assessment activities which comply with the aims of LCE. Seconclly, the findings revealed that the policy documents, such as syllabuses, that are being used by the participants are not in line with the tenets ofLCE. Thirdly, teachers appeared to have limited subject knowledge, as revealed by their lack of understanding of how to translate the aims and assessment objectives into their daily lessons. The study therefore raises some possibilities for improving the implementation of LCE in the selected schools if the gaps as identified by this study are reduced.

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Khubana, Christopher Shonisani. "A case study analysis of the role of resources in the teaching and learning of senior primary geography in the Northern Province." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003312.

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The dynamic nature of Geography has meant that over the years it has undergone many changes. These changes - for example, in curricula, approaches and methods - have had a great impact on how Geography is taught and learned in schools. Learning theories on how children learn Geography are changing from behaviourism, in terms of which learners are regarded as passive recipients of knowledge in the form of facts, to socially constructivist theory, where learners learn by constructing their own knowledge. In the South African context this has meant moving away from the positivistic tendencies of the 1960s and 1970s, to constructivist practices embodied in the outcomes-based education envisaged for the 21st Century. These changes have impacted on the nature and use of resources. This research attempts to reveal teachers' and learners' perceptions of resources. In the previous curriculum, resources were largely limited to textbooks. In the new curriculum., our perception of resources has to become wider to encompass anything that can enhance teaching and learning. This study focuses on Grade 5 and 6 children in the Northern Province. In the intermediate phase, young children need a wide variety of resources. As we approach the 21 st Century, the information technology of media like computers and the Internet, together with traditional media and resources found in the environment, provide teachers and learners with great opportunities and a wide variety of choices. The study surveyed schools in the Northern Province, through a questionnaire. In order to understand the depth of the problem, three schools were selected for a case study. Data obtained from these studies were analysed and compared to determine trends and patterns regarding the availability or use of resources as teaching and learning aids. On the one hand the study highlights the severe lack of even basic infrastructure on which to develop a 'traditional' resource base and stresses the need for innovation and creativity (and dedication) among a teaching body which feels isolated and marginalised, while on the other hand this research has revealed teachers' desire and willingness to accept change and to adapt, given the necessary epistemological enforcement to effect change.

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Flatt, Crystal Adonna Lee. "The Effect on Learning of Geographic Instruction Designed for Students' Verbal and Spatial Abilities." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331196/.

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The purpose of this study was to compare student scores on geographic skills in the experimental group with student scores on geographic skills in the control group after adjustment was made in teaching methods and learning materials for verbal and spatial ability for students in the experimental group. Hypotheses tested at the .05 level were as follows. 1. Females would score higher than males on a criterion measure of verbal ability. 2. Males would score higher than females on a criterion measure of spatial ability. 3. Experimental/verbal students would score higher on a geography skills posttest. 4. Experimental/spatial students would score higher on a geography skills posttest. 5. The experimental group would score higher than the control group on a geography skills posttest. The sample was 150 high school United States History students in a medium-sized North Texas school district. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze results of the study of six classes after fifteen days of instruction in physical geography concepts. Experimental classes received geographic instruction directed to verbal and spatial abilities; control group classes received traditional geographic instruction which utilized textbook, lecture, and whole-group instruction. Three high schools participated in the study. Conclusions were that males and females did not differ significantly on verbal and spatial abilities. Values between pretest and posttest for both experimental and control groups were significant, but when adjusted for the covariates of verbal and spatial ability, control/verbal learners' posttest scores were significantly higher than experimental/verbal learners' posttest scores. Spatial/ experimental learners' posttest scores and spatial/control learners' posttest scores were compared, and the result was no significant difference when cell means were adjusted for the higher spatial/experimental learners' spatial ability. The practice of teaching geography through the use of textbook and whole-group instruction resulted in larger learning gains than the practice of using different materials directed toward different learning styles within the same classroom and with no textbook.

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Golightly, Aubrey. "Kriteria en strategieë vir die optimering van kontaktyd in die bereiking van leeruitkomste in die geografie-opleiding van onderwysstudente / Aubrey Golightly." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/656.

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With the acceptance of Outcomes-based Education (OBE) in South Africa, the emphasis shifted from a teacher-centred to a learner-centred instruction approach. The learner-centred teaching approach of OBE is based on the social constructivistic teaching view. This view is based on the fundamental acceptance that people construe knowledge through interaction between their existing knowledge and beliefs and new ideas or situations within a social environment or milieu. It is thus essential that future Geography education students receive training in a similar manner as that which is expected of them as future practising teachers. Lecturers' and students' beliefs and perceptions of how instruction must take place, in the majority of cases, still support the traditional direct instruction approach where lecturers transfer knowledge to students mainly through formal lectures. The acceptance of the social constructivistic teaching approach for the training of Geography education students implies that the beliefs of lecturers and students as well as their roles in the teaching learning process, must change. This means that the purpose of contact time between lecturer and students must necessarily change. Contact time should not just be used by the lecturer for presenting content. It is the task of the Geography lecturer to create a learning environment where students are actively involved in cooperative learning environments in the learning process. The lecturer acts as facilitator, guide, enabler and fellow-explorer in the learning process. Contact sessions must be used to offer the students the opportunity to report back on the learning assignments and activities or to reflect on what has been learnt. Continuous formative assessment takes place during contact and non-contact times to give quick feedback on learning. The lecturer and students are involved in the assessment process. Clear assessment criteria must be compiled by the lecturer in cooperation with students so that the students will know precisely what is expected of them. Together with the learner-centred teaching approach, certain universities worldwide have been obliged to decrease contact time between lecturer and student. Reasons for this can mainly be ascribed to an increase in student numbers and to effectively vii manage the lecturers' time so that more time can be spent on research. The lecturer is supposed to design and plan a specific module so that the set learning outcomes could be achieved within the reduced time. Different guidelines are identified in the context of reducing contact time so as to ensure the effective achievement of learning outcomes. The lecturer should prepare, plan and manage contact time. Students must also accept larger responsibility for independent learning and attain some of the learning outcomes during non-contact times. To support students during non-contact times and to guide them in the attainment of learning outcomes and completion of assignments, students must make use of resource-based learning. The interactive study guide and work planning, as developed and compiled by the lecturer, is necessary for providing students with assistance and guidance so that students know precisely what is expected of them, what resources to use and when. It is furthermore necessary that the assessment strategies, that are used in the teaching of Geography, support the decrease in contact time. Bigger responsibility is given to students in the assessment process and is included in self and peer group assessment of and feedback to assignments. The Geography education lecturer involved in the development of the different Geography modules must make sure that over-assessment does not take place, but that students are exposed to multiple assessment methods. Decision-making by university management on decreased contact time was probably taken without considering the full implications for learner-centred teaching. This study is an attempt to implement a learner-centred teaching approach in the Geography training of education students within the optimising of contact time between lecturer and students. A concept model for the Geography training of education students was developed to ensure the successful attainment of learning outcomes. The perception and attitudes of the students regarding the concept model in Geography-training within the optimising of contact time was analysed, after which the examination results of the students were compared with results of previous years. From the information required in the literature as well as in the implementation of the concept model in Geography training, criteria and strategies for the effective training of Geography teachers in the optimising of contact time were developed.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.

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Booysen, Barry. "Toward a cooperative learning process in building social cohesion in a Grade 10 Geography classroom : an action research approach." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96859.

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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This mini-thesis documents two action research projects which I conducted as a teacher researcher in my Grade 10 Geography classroom. The research was an attempt to improve my teaching as a Geography teacher and to enhance social cohesion in my classroom. This mini-thesis investigated the following research questions: How can cooperative learning be used in a Geography classroom to build and improve social cohesion amongst students? And how can I improve my own teaching practice? The focus of the study was on cooperative learning as a teaching strategy, while action research was the research methodology. Two action research projects were completed and reflected upon within the action research framework. This mini-thesis, which include two action research projects, is based, underpinned and influenced by the critical theorists such as Darder (2007), Dewey (1938) Freire(1972), Habermas (1972), Giroux (1988), McNiff (2002, 2006, 2010) and Waghid 2011). In reflecting on my practice, I realise that there is a problem in terms of helping students to foster an promote positive social relationships and working together in the classroom. In this mini thesis I contend that cooperative learning holds the potential to improve social cohesion and social relationships amongst students. Cooperative learning emphasises cooperation as integral to students’ success and because of this cooperative learning has been found successful in fostering positive intergroup attitudes in classrooms. South-African teachers in recent years have been compelled to embrace a more learner-centred approach as opposed to a teacher-centred approach. I believe cooperative learning could be instrumental in enhancing learner performance and promoting positive social relationships amongst classmates. I consider my teaching practice to have certain defects and through action research I can investigate and reflect on this with a view of improving my practice. Self-reflection and introspection led me to critically examine my classroom practice. In this research I also tried to encourage students to interact with one another in a positive way. This study uses cooperative learning as a teaching strategy to enhance working together between students in a classroom and enhance social cohesion. At the time of this study the Department of Basic Education introduced Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) as the official curriculum of South Africa. CAPS consequently has an influence on my teaching practice. We adhere to departmental policies and try to comply with curriculum delivery often to the detriment of the needs that learners might experience in the school, such as nation building and maintaining relationships that contribute to the total development of the learner. What further motivated me to address my classroom practice was that my teaching style was still very similar to the way my previous teachers taught me. I was still caught up in the traditional mode of teaching and learning where the “teacher talks and the learner listens” There was no innovation that characterised my teaching practice. In an attempt to address the issues that concern me, I asked the following critical research questions in this mini-thesis: 1 How can cooperative learning be used in a Geography classroom to develop social cohesion amongst learners? 2 How can I improve my own teaching practice? I would like to believe and set out to establish whether the cooperative classroom is different from the one in the traditional teaching environment; both the teacher and student adopt new roles. The teacher becomes a facilitator and the cooperative lessons imbue learners with confidence and enhance social relationships. In Chapter One I give a background to the study. I describe the educational challenges that face South Africa and I set out to locate what I would regard as the problem in my teaching. Chapter Two is my literature review. In this chapter, I give a detailed account of cooperative learning. Due to the limited scope of this study and the many facets of cooperative learning, I contend that as a researcher, I cannot deal with cooperative learning in its entirety. In Chapter Three I focus on action research as the research methodology which I employed in this study. I give a brief historical perspective on the development of action research, define it, explain how it operates and give an account of how action research works. Chapter Four and Five provide a description of the two action research projects that I undertook with my Grade 10 Geography classes. In these two chapters I give an account of my two action research learning projects. Chapter six is the concluding chapter. I reflect on the research projects and try to map the future of cooperative learning as an educational strategy that could transform the classroom and ultimately contribute to nation building.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie mini- tesis dokumenteer ek twee aksienavorsingprojekte wat ek as onderwysernavorser in my Graad 10 Geografieklas uitgevoer het. Hierdie navorsing was ŉ poging om my onderrigpraktyk as Geografie-onderwyser te verbeter om sosiale samehorigheid in my klaskamer te verbeter. Hierdie mini-tesis het die volgende navorsingsvrae beantwoord: Hoe kan koöperatiewe leer in ŉ Geografie klaskamer gebruik word om sosiale samehorigheid tussen leerders te verbeter en te bou? En hoe kan ek my eie onderrigpraktyk verbeter? Die studie het op koöperatiewe leer as onderrigstrategie en aksienavorsing as navorsingsmetodologie gefokus.Twee aksienavorsingsprojekte is binne die aksienavorsingsraamwerk voltooi en oor besin. Hierdie mini-tesis wat twee navorsingsprojekte insluit, is gebaseer, onderskryf en beinvloed deur die kritiese teoriste soos Darda(2007), Dewey (2008). Freire (1972), Habermas (1972), Giroux (1988), McNiff (2002, 2006, 2010) en Waghid (2011). Deur te reflekteer op my onderrigpraktyk, het ek besef dat daar n probleem is in terme van hulpverlening aan leerders om hulle te help om positiewe sosiale verhoudings te promoveer en saam te werk in die klaskamer. In hierdie mini-tesis is ek egter van mening dat koöperatiewe leer die potensiaal het om sosiale samehorigheid en sosiale verhoudings te verbeter tussen leerders Koöperatiewe leer beklemtoon samewerking as noodsaaklik tot die sukses van leerders en as gevolg daarvan is gevind dat koöperatiewe leer positiewe houdings tussen groepe in klaskamers suksesvol bevorder. Oor die afgelope jare was Suid-Afrikaanse onderwysers verplig om ŉ meer leerdergerigte benadering te volg eerder as ŉ onderwysergesentreerde benadering.Ek is van mening dat koöperatiewe leer is bevorderlik vir die verbetering van leerders se prestasie en die bevordering van sosiale verhoudinge tussen klasmaats. Ek aanvaar dat my onderrigpraktyk sekere gebreke het en met aksienavorsing kan ek dit ondersoek en daaroor besin met die oog op die verbetering van my praktyk. In hierdie navorsing het ek gepoog om studente te ontwikkel om op ŉ positiewe wyse met mekaar in wisselwerking te tree. Hierdie studie gebruik koöperatiewe leer as onderrigstrategie om samewerking tussen leerders in ŉ klaskamer te verhoog en sosiale samehorigheid te bevorder. Toe die studie onderneem is, het die Departement van Basiese Onderwys die Kurrikulumen Assesseringsbeleidsverklaring (KABV) as die amptelike kurrikulum vir Suid-Afrika bekendgestel. KABV het ŉ invloed op my onderrigpraktyk. Ons kom departementele beleide na en poog om aan kurrikulumaflewering te voldoen tot nadeel van die behoeftes wat leerders op skool mag ervaar, soos nasiebou en behoud van verhoudings, wat bydra tot die algehele ontwikkeling van die leerder. Besinning en introspeksie het daartoe gelei dat ek my klaskamerpraktyk krities ondersoek. Wat my verder gemotiveer het om my klaskamerpraktyk aan te spreeek was dat my onderrig styl baie dieselfde was as die van my vorige onderwysers wat my onderrig het. Ek was vasgevang in die tradisionele manier van onderrig en leer waar die “onderwyser praat en die leerder luister” My klaskamerpraktyk was dieselfde as die van my onderwysers. Die manier waarop ek onderrig, was dieselfde as wat my onderwysers gebruik het om my te onderrig. My onderrigstelsel is nie deur innovering gekenmerk nie. In ŉ poging om die kwessies waaroor ek bekommerd was aan te spreek, is die volgende kritiese navorsings vrae gevra in hierdie mini-tesis: 1 Hoe kan koöperatiewe leer in ŉ geografie klaskamer gebruik word om sosiale samehorigheid tussen leerders te ontwikkel? 2 Hoe kan ek my eie onderrigpraktyk verbeter? Ek wil graag glo en vastel of die koöperatiewe klaskamer verskillend is van die tradisionele onderrig omgewing; beide die onderwyser en leerder neem verskillende rolle aan. Die onderwyser word ŉ fasiliteerder in die leer proses. Die koöperatiewe lesse ontwikkel leerders met selfvertroue en verbeter sosiale verhoudinge. In Hoofstuk Een gee ek die agtergrond tot die studie. Ek bespreek die opvoedkundige uitdagings wat Suid- Afrika in die gesig staar en wil graag vastel wat ek beskou as die probleem in my onderrig Hoofstuk Twee is my literatuur studie. In die hoofstuk gee ek n gedetaileerde verslag van koöperatiewe leer. As gevolg van die beperkte omvang van die studie en die baie fasette van koöperatiewe leer is ek as navorser van mening dat ek nie koöperatiewe leer in sy totaliteit kan behandel nie Hoofstuk Drie fokus op aksienavorsing as die navorsingsmetodologie wat in hierdie studie gebruik work. Ek gee ook n kort historiese perspektief van die ontwikkeling van aksienavorsing, definieer dit, verduidelik hoe dit opereer en gee n verslag van hoe aksie navorsing werk. Hoofstuk Vier en Vyf gee n verduideliking van die twee aksienavorsingsprojekte wat ek met my Graad 10 klasse onderneem het. In hierdie twee hoofstukke doen ek verslag van my twee aksienavorsingprojekte Hoofstuk Ses is die slot hoofstuk. Ek reflekteer op die aksienavorsingprojekte en prober om die toekoms van koöperatiewe leer uit te stippel as n opvoedkundige strategie wat die klaskamer kan transformeer en n bydrae tot nasiebou kan maak.

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Van, der Westhuizen Christoffel Petrus. "Digital versatile disc as an information and communication technology variant to support geography teaching and learning / Christoffel Petrus Van der Westhuizen." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1467.

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Al-Lawati, Batoul. "The development of an adaptive environment (framework) to assist the teaching, learning and assessment of geography within the Omani secondary education system." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2012. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/6164/.

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Owing to particular historical reasons, the Sultanate of Oman emerged into the modern world only in 1970 and launched its state education system in 1972. Less than thirty years later, the Sultanate recognized that a major overhaul of state education was needed to face the challenges that globalization posed to its population and to its economy. The policies for the transition to the Basic Education (BE) system stipulated that students should receive training in information technology (IT) and English from Year One. These provisions were implemented from academic year 1998/1999, so that by the commencement of academic year 2010/2011 three cohorts of students had received a full ten years of schooling in IT. This research investigated the effects of integrating IT into the geography curriculum in Cycle Two of the BE system. Despite an extensive and painstaking search, no previous published study was found that dealt with the pedagogic use of IT in the Omani BE system. One study (Osman 2010) surveyed users of the Oman Educational IT Portal, but it was a general attitudinal survey of all users and did not progress beyond use of a questionnaire. Therefore, this study is the first to conduct fieldwork research in Oman to develop indicators to measure Omani students' performance in and reactions to eLearning. The study also includes two dedicated surveys covering Omani students' and teachers' opinions of and attitudes to eLearning. This is therefore the first study of this type that has been conducted in or for Oman. The findings support the importance of integrating eLearning into the curriculum in Oman, to enhance the delivery of a range of curriculum subjects through the pedagogical use of IT. Through a comparison of responses from teachers and students in Oman and two other countries, this study also explores issues emerging from a comparison between cultures (Gulf Arab and Western) in terms of the varying effects that cultural and other factors can exert on teachers' and learners' acceptance of educational technology in different countries. Again, it is a feature of this research that it is the first to conduct such a comparative study on such a scale involving Gulf Arab students and teachers. This study raises issues surrounding the optimization of acceptance include (1) the necessity of increasing the internet speed in Oman; (2) the current inadequacy of e-Iearning resources; (3) the proper management of eLearning integration; (4) the need for enhancement of eLearning training and skills issues for both teachers and learners: (5) the further relationships inherent in the interaction of culture and the acceptance of technology.

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Ottati, Daniela F. "Geographical Literacy, Attitudes, and Experiences of Freshman Students: A Qualitative Study at Florida International University." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1851.

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The purpose of the study was to explore the geography literacy, attitudes and experiences of Florida International University (FIU) freshman students scoring at the low and high ends of a geography literacy survey. The Geography Literacy and ABC Models formed the conceptual framework. Participants were freshman students enrolled in the Finite Math course at FIU. Since it is assumed that students who perform poorly on geography assessments do not have an interest in the subject, testing and interviewing students allowed the researcher to explore the assumption. In Phase I, participants completed the Geography Literacy Survey (GLS) with items taken from the 2010 NAEP Geography Subject Area Assessment. The low 35% and high 20% performers were invited for Phase II, which consisted of semi-structured interviews. A total of 187 students participated in Phase I and 12 in Phase II. The primary research question asked was what are the geography attitudes and experiences of freshman students scoring at the low and high ends of a geographical literacy survey? The students had positive attitudes regardless of how they performed on the GLS. The study included a quantitative sub-question regarding the performance of the students on the GLS. The students’ performance on the GLS was equivalent to the performance of 12th grade students from the NAEP Assessment. There were three qualitative sub-questions from which the following themes were identified: the students’ definition of geography is limited, students recall more out of school experiences with geography, and students find geography valuable. In addition, there were five emergent themes: there is a concern regarding a lack of geographical knowledge, rote memorization of geographical content is overemphasized, geographical concepts are related to other subjects, taking the high school level AP Human Geography course is powerful, and there is a need for real-world applications of geographical knowledge. The researcher offered as suggestions for practice to reposition geography in our schools to avoid misunderstandings, highlight its interconnectedness to other fields, connect the material to real world events/daily decision-making, make research projects meaningful, partner with local geographers, and offer a mandatory geography courses at all educational levels.

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Kanawati, Luciana Martin. "Discursos no ensino de Geografia: didáticas prescritivas na revista Nova Escola." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-14032017-145902/.

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O presente trabalho analisa os discursos educacionais relacionados ao ensino de Geografia que circulam em publicações da Revista NOVA ESCOLA. A metodologia utilizada nesta pesquisa baseou-se em aproximações e interfaces entre dois sistemas teóricos: a Filosofia da Linguagem, que contribui com a Teoria da Enunciação de Mikhail Bakhtin e a Psicologia da Aprendizagem, que traz a concepção de transmissão cultural de L. Vigotski. Mediante esta relação, busca-se refletir sobre a importância da mediação da linguagem, que é entendida, nesta pesquisa, como uma intervenção no processo cognitivo, o qual, por sua vez, envolve a gênese dos conceitos científicos de Geografia e a aprendizagem requerida em situações didáticas. Esta metodologia fundamenta-se, portanto, na análise do discurso e no exame de sequências didáticas, aprofundando a compreensão deste tipo de construção discursiva e a forma como demarca concepções e legitima novos enfoques. Ao fim e ao cabo, conclui-se que as abordagens envolvidas em sequências didáticas prescritas aos professores de Geografia do ensino básico revelam tendências tecnicistas que estão impactando as concepções de currículo de Geografia no país e que são consequência da transição neoliberal pela qual passa o sistema educacional vigente.
This research analyzes the educational discourses on the teaching of Geography that have been found in the NOVA ESCOLA journal. The methodology used attempted to connect and correlate two theoretical systems: The Philosophy of Language, whose main contribution to the study was the Enunciation Theory by Mikhail Bakhtin and the Psychology of Learning, which brings in an important conceptual framework on the Cultural Transmission, posited by L. Vygotsky. In so doing, this paper seeks to understand the importance of language mediation, which is defined as an intervention in the cognitive process that, in turn, involves the genesis of scientific concepts of Geography and the required learning in teaching situations. Therefore, this methodology correlates discourse analysis with didactic activities, aiming to understand how they create new concepts and legitimize different approaches to the teaching of Geography in Elementary School. As a conclusion, this research shows that the didactic activities employed by Geography teachers in the Elementary School reveal an increasing use of overly technical approaches that go hand in hand with the current neoliberal transition in Brazilian Education and the manner to which they impact syllabus content.

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Vieira, Luciana. "O lugar como referência de aprendizagem no ensino de geografia: trajetória docente no estado de Santa Catarina." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/183220.

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O lugar como referência de aprendizagem no ensino de geografia trajetória docente no estado de Santa Catarina objetiva a leitura do mundo a partir do espaço vivido e cotidiano dos/das estudantes da Educação Básica, na perspectiva de marcar a identidade e pertencimento de ser e estar no mundo. O estudo é uma narrativa de minha história escolar enquanto estudante e professora, com experiências vivenciadas em diversos municípios do estado de Santa Catarina. Na trajetória docente relata o trabalho no magistério público da rede estadual de ensino e na rede municipal de Paulo Lopes/SC, percorrendo pela educação geográfica que descortina a formação dentro da profissão. Afirma que a partir da experiência geográfica do lugar dos/das estudantes envolvidos nas suas rotinas e vivências cotidianas é possível ensinar Geografia e alongar o olhar para a leitura integrada do mundo. Demonstra a diversidade de percepções do lugar trazidas nas vivências das crianças e adolescentes, bem como nos referenciais teóricos do ensino de Geografia e nos exemplos de atividades pedagógicas. A avaliação e aprendizagem geográfica compõem um enredo de condução do conceito de lugar como prelúdio ao conhecimento geográfico durante toda a narrativa. Expressa a realidade do exercício da docência considerando uma atividade de interações humanas; no reconhecimento da diversidade no espaço social escola.
Locus as learning reference in Geography teaching. Teaching trajectory in Santa Catarina State. It aims the reading of the world through elementary students living places and their everyday lives, in the perspective of marking their identity of being and belonging by becoming and being in the world. This study is a narrative of the researcher’s school story as a student and teacher with many experiences lived in different cities of Santa Catarina State. In her teaching carrier she tells about her work at the Educational public State system and at the Educational Public system of Paulo Lopes city passing through geographic education that reveals her vocational training. She states that from students’ geographical locus experiences engaged in their everyday lives, it is possible to teach Geography and extend their view to an integrated reading of the world. She shows the variety of local world perceptions brought by children and teenagers life experiences, as well, in the Geography teaching theoretical references and by pedagogical activity examples. The evaluation and geographic learning consist of a narrative that drives the concept of locus as the prelude to geographical knowledge during all the narrative. It expresses the reality of teaching practice considering it as an activity of human interactions in the acknowledgment of the diversity in the social place-school.

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Almeida, Alexandre Dalla Barba de. "(Re) leituras geográficas : possibilidades pedagógicas para o aprender e ensinar geografia utilizando a literatura de Júlio Verne enquanto linguagem auxiliar." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/181437.

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A presente pesquisa visa analisar como a literatura pode contribuir na construção do conhecimento geográfico enquanto recurso auxiliar. Para alcançar esse objetivo geral, utilizamos como metodologia a articulação entre a Pesquisa Qualitativa e o método do Paradigma da Complexidade por meio dos princípios Dialógico, Hologramático e Recursivo. Nosso referencial explora os conceitos de Espaço Geográfico, Paisagem e Imaginário e busca refletir sobre o ensino de Geografia na pós-modernidade. Também investiga a vida e as obras do autor literário Júlio Verne e busca analisar historicamente o emprego da Literatura na construção do conhecimento geográfico. Inicialmente investigamos possibilidades de transformação do texto literário em texto geográfico utilizando a técnica de análise de conteúdo em obras literárias de Júlio Verne. Após, elaboramos propostas pedagógicas que envolvem as obras do referido autor concebendo-as como recurso auxiliar para a (re)construção do conceito geográfico de Paisagem e do conceito multidisciplinar de Imaginário. Por fim, aplicamos as propostas elaboradas com alunos de duas turmas de sexto ano do Ensino Fundamental da educação básica objetivando inferir se as mesmas possibilitam, ou não, a construção de conhecimento geográfico. Este trabalho demonstrou o desafio de abordar a literatura de Júlio Verne com alunos que estão no estádio operatório concreto com resquícios de egocentrismo primitivo e que demonstram dificuldades de alfabetização, tanto espacial quanto linguística. Essas questões suscitaram reflexões acerca da dependência que as disciplinas escolares possuem uma da outra. Foi possível inferir que por mais que as disciplinas que compõe os currículos escolares pareçam demonstrar certo distanciamento, elas parecem manifestar uma relação recursiva de autonomia e dependência.
The present research aims to analyze how literature can help in the construction of geographic knowledge as an auxiliary resource. In order to achieve this general objective, we use as a methodology the articulation between Qualitative Research and the Paradigm of Complexity method through the Dialogic, Hologramatic and Recursive principles. Our theoretical framework explores the concepts of Geographic Space, Landscape and Imaginary and seeks to reflect on the teaching of geography in postmodernity. Also investigates the life and works of the literary author Jules Verne and seeks to analyze historically the use of Literature in the construction of the geographical knowledge. We initially investigated possibilities of transforming the literary text into geographic text using the technique of content analysis in the literary works of Jules Verne. Afterwards, we elaborated pedagogical proposals that involve the works of the quoted author conceiving them as an auxiliary resource for the (re) construction of the geographical concept of Landscape and the multidisciplinary concept of Imaginary. Finally, we apply the proposals with students of two classes of sixth grade elementary school in basic education with the purpose of inferring whether or not they allow the construction of geographic knowledge. This work has shown the challenge of approaching the literature of Jules Verne with students who are in the concrete operative stage with traces of primitive egocentrism and who demonstrate literacy difficulties, both spatial and linguistic. These questions led to reflections on the dependence of school subjects on each other. It was possible to infer that although the disciplines that make up the school curriculum seem to show some distance, they seem to manifest a recursive relation of autonomy and dependence.

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Langhan, David Patrick. "The textbook as a major source of difficulty in the teaching and learning of geography through the medium of English in Standard 3 in black primary schools." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002017.

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This dissertation provides evidence to suggest that teaching/learning difficulties with geography in Std 3 are largely attributable to textbooks which fail as well constructed discourse and include uninterpretable illustrations. The discourse properties most likely to affect the readability of textbooks intended for ESL/EFL pupils are identified. Selected passages from two widely used Std 3 geography textbooks are analysed in terms of these properties, and are shown to fail extensively as well constructed discourse. Following classroom observation and informal interviews which confirmed the inappropriacy of the texts for Std 3 pupils, the passages were re-written, following the necessary properties of well constructed expository discourse. The readability of these two sets of texts was then tested on a group of nine Std 3 teachers in two structured interviews. The findings reveal that the re-written passages are significantly more readable than the textbook passages. Recommendations that affect education authorities, curriculum designers, syllabus makers, textbook authors, publishers and teacher training colleges are provided

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Simasiku, Frederick. "An investigation of how enquiry-based fieldwork develops action competence in Grade 12 Geography: a Namibian case study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003511.

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The goal of the study was twofold: firstly to investigate and describe how senior secondary school geography teachers were implementing enquiry-based learning through fieldwork. Secondly, to investigate and document how enquiry-based learning through fieldwork facilitated the development of action competence amongst learners in a geography classroom. In order to address the first goal, a survey questionnaire was utilised to generate descriptive data from a sample of seven geography teachers in the Hardap region of Namibia. Although teachers engaged learners with enquiry-based fieldwork learning activities it is suggested, based on the findings of data of this goal, that teachers face severe limitations in terms of integrating environmental learning into the geography curriculum. The main limitations of the teachers include: limited practical knowledge of and training in how to teach fieldwork skills; a lack of teaching resource materials; time constraints; heavy personal loads; and lack of school support for environmental education. In addressing the second goal an enquiry-based fieldwork learning unit was planned and implemented in the researcher’s classroom. Observation, focus group interviews, and audio records of learning interactions, were used as data generation methods for this cycle of the study. An indicator framework for identifying action competence in learners was constructed as a data analysis tool. In terms of the findings of goal two it is evident that enquiry-based learning through fieldwork facilitated the development of action competence amongst learners. Six overarching benefits of this type of learning were identified in this study, namely: - It empowered learners to develop contextual knowledge and understanding of issues that they investigated. - It facilitated commitment thus motivated learners to take indirect action. - It promoted social interaction and group cohesion amongst learners thus enhanced their decision-making ability for problem-solving and action taking. - It elicited emotional responses and a greater understanding of learners’ own and others’ attitudes and values towards issues. - It fostered critical thinking thus permitted learners to envisage a future based on their learning experiences. - It enabled learners to plan and take indirect action during the learning process. Based on the research findings, some lessons learned are presented in an attempt to contribute to the effective implementation of enquiry-based fieldwork at the classroom level.

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Macedo, Francis Gomes. "O lugar do mapa no ensino e aprendizagem de Geografia: a questão de escala na formação de professores." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-26052015-114455/.

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O presente trabalho visa discutir a questão de escala na prática de ensino de geografia; propondo o ensino de geografia pelo mapa. Num plano secundário, são analisadas falas provenientes de professores de geografia para então sugerir-lhes que o próprio mapa seja um instrumento de mediação que contribua para a modificação de suas práticas. Entre as leituras realizadas, temos na primeira parte a análise de referências sobre a questão de escala, direcionada para conceber o estudo metodológico e cognitivo do mapa, em articulação com a cartografia no ensino de geografia, a exemplo de Oliveira (1978), Simielli (1989) e Martinelli (1991), além de outros estudos contemporâneos. Estes estudos são articulados com determinadas fronteiras teóricas, a exemplo da filosofia da linguagem (Bakhtin), das contribuições sobre a psicologia da aprendizagem (Piaget/Vygotsky/Feuerstein) e, finalmente, da religação de saberes (Morin) na escola, com a intenção de formular uma teoria sobre como propor um novo modelo de formação de professores de geografia no país. Para a elaboração deste trabalho, as técnicas e o método utilizados foram a realização de diversas oficinas de aprendizagem mediada para o desenvolvimento de funções cognitivas por meio da resolução de exercícios de escala, tendo como embasamento a Experiência de Aprendizagem Mediada de Reuven Feuerstein. O estudo desta teoria para a renovação do ensino de geografia se justifica em função da importância do papel do professor no ensino da disciplina na escola, já que a questão da escala é idealizada de forma superficial e fragmentada como um problema; construindo-se um temor por professores e alunos. Em outros termos, utiliza-se uma abordagem da questão de escala, buscando aproximações, interfaces, continuidades e descontinuidades evidenciadas em diversos estudos preocupados com o ensino de cartografia na escola; valorizando os processos cognitivos do aluno, para então resgatar as bases históricas do estudo cognitivo do mapa e repensar, assim, uma didática da aprendizagem mediada. Este estudo consiste numa contribuição para pensarmos que não basta o ensino dos mapas na escola como uma linguagem, quando a carência realmente se manifesta sobre a necessidade da mediação da palavra falada, já que o pensamento se revela como precursor da aquisição da linguagem, e não o contrário. Mais ainda, o estudo serve como um balizador de uma alternativa para o ensino e a aprendizagem na escola, em que a criança e o adolescente sejam capazes de utilizar os mapas como instrumentos para realizar processos cognitivos e resolver diversas situações-problema envolvidas em suas rotinas escolares. O aluno é finalmente compreendido como sujeito e autor de conhecimento científico, numa relação de dialogia com o professor.
The present work aims at discussing the use of scales in the teaching practice of Geography. It secondarily aims at analyzing Geography teachers\' speeches in order to suggest that maps can be used as an instrument for mediation which contributes for a modification in their practices. Among the readings carried out, we have, in the first part, the analysis of references concerning the question of scales, such as Oliveira (1978), Simielli (1989) and Martinelli (1991) as well as other contemporary studies, which are directed to conceive a methodological and cognitive study of maps in articulation with cartography in Geography teaching. In order to formulate a new theory for the formation of Geography teachers in Brazil, these studies are articulated within certain theoretical boundaries such as the Philosophy of Language (Bakhtin), the contributions of Learning Psychology (Piaget/Vygotsky/Feuerstein), and, eventually, the relink of knowledge (Morin) in the school. The methodology and techniques used in the development of this work focus on the implementation of several mediated learning workshops for the development of cognitive functions through the resolution of scale exercises, having Reuven Feuerstein\'s Mediated Learning Experience as basis. The use of this theory to promote a renewal in Geography teaching is justified by the importance given to the teacher\'s role in the teaching of this subject at schools, since the question of scales is both dealt with in a superficial and fragmented way and considered a problem, representing a fear for both teachers and students. In other words, we approach the question of scales searching for approximations, interfaces, continuities and discontinuities evidenced by a lot of studies concerned about the teaching of cartography at schools. We also highlight students\' cognitive processes and then rescue the historical bases of map cognitive studies so as to rethink, in this way, a mediated learning didactics. This study consists of a contribution for us to reflect that the teaching of maps at schools as a language is not enough when our real necessity concerns the mediation of the spoken words, since thoughts appear to be, here, the forerunners of language acquisition, not the opposite. Still, this thesis also offers an alternative for the teaching and learning processes at schools, in which children and teenagers are able to use maps as instruments to carry out cognitive processes and solve problem-situations involved in their school routines. The students are finally understood as subjects and authors of scientific knowledge, in a dialogic relationship with teachers.

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Hunter, Nancee. "Assessing Sense of Place and Geo-literacy Indicators as Learning Outcomes of an International Teacher Professional Development Program." PDXScholar, 2016. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2701.

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This research explores the multifaceted benefits that accrue from learning within an international, experiential context. It uses a qualitative, case study approach employing pre and post surveys, in-situ observations, and semi-structured photo-elicitation interviews to analyze the Center for Geography Education in Oregon’s (C-GEO) 2013 Overseas Teacher Institute--a professional development program that took 11 teachers to Russia, Mongolia, and China for a total of 17 days (plus two additional travel days) to learn about the cultural and physical geography of each place. The focus of the research is two-fold and examines processes involved in gaining, synthesizing and applying 1) a sense of place (the emotional ties between people and place), and 2) geo-literacy. The results of this study provide evidence that intensive professional development programs can increase teachers personal and professional knowledge, change their instructional practices, and may lead to improved student learning outcomes.

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Furtado, Ires de Oliveira. "A importância da análise da paisagem para o ensino de geografia: os smartphones como uma ferramenta no processo de ensino-aprendizagem." Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 2015. http://repositorio.ufpel.edu.br:8080/handle/prefix/3343.

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A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo geral investigar como a paisagem pode ser trabalhada em sala de aula através de fotografias produzidas pelos próprios alunos com as câmeras de seus celulares smartphones. Para isto, primeiramente houve uma revisão bibliográfica referente ao estudo da paisagem no ensino de Geografia, bem como sobre a utilização de Tecnologias Móveis e Sem Fio no processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Também foram aplicados questionários a uma turma de nono ano composta por vinte e quatro alunos com idades entre quatorze e dezessete anos de uma escola estadual de ensino fundamental da rede pública estadual de ensino, localizada na cidade de Pelotas/RS. Através das respostas obtidas nos questionários, foi possível averiguar que todos os alunos da turma possuíam celular com câmera integrada e acesso a internet, tanto por Wi-Fi como por redes móveis, esse fato possibilitou o planejamento de uma atividade que utilizou esses dois recursos disponibilizados em todos os aparelhos. Como o assunto para o trimestre, conforme a grade curricular da disciplina de Geografia, era o continente europeu, os alunos foram convidados a fotografarem elementos da paisagem, na cidade de Pelotas que apresentassem algum tipo de influências europeias, devido aos processos de colonização que aconteceram no município, no passado. Com isso, buscou-se analisar as diversas paisagens retratadas pelos alunos, destacando a importância deste tipo de atividade no processo de ensino-aprendizagem da Geografia em sala de aula, mostrando que os smartphones podem ser uma ferramenta didática importante no processo de construção do conhecimento geográfico. Foi possível perceber que a análise da paisagem da própria cidade em que os alunos vivem, pode contribuir na percepção que os mesmos têm sobre o mundo, bem como na aprendizagem dos conceitos geográficos, que normalmente parecem tão distantes da realidade, mas que estão presentes em quase todas as ações do cotidiano.
This research aims to investigate how the landscape can be worked in the classroom through photographs produced by the students themselves with their mobile smartphone cameras. In order to do that, initially there was a literature review regarding the landscape study in the teaching of Geography, as well as on the use of Mobile and Wireless Technologies in the teaching-learning process. Also, questionnaires were applied to a ninth grade class composed of twenty-four students aged between fourteen and seventeen years old of a public elementary school, located at Pelotas/RS. Through the answers obtained in the questionnaires, it was possible to determine that the students in the class had cell phones with integrated camera and internet access, both through Wi-Fi and mobile networks. This fact enabled the planning of an activity which used these two features available on all devices. Because the subject for the trimester, according to the Geography curricular program, was the European continent, the students were invited to photograph landscape elements in the city of Pelotas that presented some type of European influences, due to the colonization processes that happened in the city, in the past. With that, the several landscapes portrayed by the students were analyzed, highlighting the importance of this kind of activity in the teaching and learning of geography in the classroom, showing that smartphones can be an important teaching tool in the construction process of geographical knowledge. It was possible to see that the analysis of the landscape of the city in which the students live can contribute to the perception they have about the world, as well as learning the geographical concepts that, usually, seem so far from reality, but are present in almost all daily actions

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Surmacz, Elaine Cristina Soares. "Ensino de geografia: diversidade metodológica como princípio motivador da aula." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2015. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/59.

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The basic concern is look for evidences of motivating methodologies of the learning in the pedagogical practice of Geography teachers. We seek evidences of commitment of the teacher with the school subject learning at school routine. Our methodological orientation was based on the qualitative approach. The field work counted on different forms of data collection: interviews with teachers; observation in classroom and of the classroom; analysis of official and technical pedagogical documents that guide the daily practice of the teacher. The place of the research was two state schools of Paraná: the place of the research was two state schools of Paraná: one in the teaching modality of Field School and other in the common modality of Basic Education as research's interlocutors we count with hundred and two students of sixth grade of elementary school of the public network teaching of the Paraná state and four Geography teachers. We realize that the Geography teaching in the studied reality, it still maintains mnemonic and bookish features, being the textbook an indispensable partner; the social inequality is pointed out as an important learning factor and the proposal of an inclusive school doesn't happen in fact. We also see that the teacher is the main responsible by motivation of the student learning of geographic contents; that his methodological choices mobilize the student for learning and that the planning is essential to guarantee the success of this learning. At the end of this research, we consider that the search for dialog between the school subjects it is necessary and that there is the need of the teacher realizes himself as an intellectual transformer of the society.
A preocupação básica deste estudo é buscar na prática pedagógica de professores de Geografia evidências de metodologias motivadoras da aprendizagem. Buscamos no cotidiano de sala de aula indícios de comprometimento por parte do professor com o ensino dessa disciplina. Nossa orientação metodológica baseou-se na abordagem qualitativa. O trabalho de campo contou com diferentes formas de coleta de dados: entrevistas com professores; observação em sala de aula e da sala de aula; análise de documentos oficiais e técnico-pedagógicos que norteiam a prática cotidiana do professor. A pesquisa teve como local duas escolas públicas estaduais do Paraná: uma na modalidade de ensino Escola do Campo e outra na modalidade comum de Educação Básica. Como interlocutores da pesquisa, contamos com cento e dois alunos do 6º ano do Ensino Fundamental da rede pública de ensino do estado do Paraná e quatro professoras de Geografia. Percebemos que o Ensino de Geografia na realidade estudada ainda mantém características mnemônica e livresca, sendo o livro didático um parceiro indispensável; a desigualdade social é apontada como um fator importante da aprendizagem e a proposta de uma escola inclusiva não acontece de fato. Verificamos também que o professor é o principal responsável pela motivação do aluno na aprendizagem dos conteúdos geográficos; que as suas escolhas metodológicas mobilizam o aluno para a aprendizagem e que o planejamento é essencial para garantir o sucesso dessa aprendizagem. Consideramos ao final da pesquisa que a busca por diálogo entre as disciplinas se faz necessária e que existe a necessidade de o professor perceber-se como um intelectual transformador da sociedade.

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De, Sousa Luiza Olim. "The integration of digital video discs (DVDs) and multimedia in the learning area social sciences / L.O. de Sousa." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2304.

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Chou, Chen-Hsiung. "A Study of Learning Outcomes of a Mobile Travel Application in Tourism Geographic Course." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500216/.

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Mobile technologies have been adopted into education more and more. New hardware, such as smart phones and tablets, has increased the popularity of mobile technology. There are also many applications created for the fields of education and tourism. This research chose a travel application from Taiwan to apply into a tourism geographic course at the Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism College (THTC). A quasi-experiment design was applied to this study. Two classes/groups participated in the study. One class was the treatment group which used the travel app through teaching scenarios. The other group was the contrast group which used a lecture format with handouts. Both groups were given a pre-test to determine knowledge of Danongdafu Forest Park (DFP), and Taiwan tourism geography. A post-test was administered after eight weeks of teaching activities. Post intervention scores were compared to pre-intervention scores between the two groups. The results of ANOVA showed that there was no statistically significant learning difference between the treatment group and the contrast group. A paired-sample t-test analysis revealed that after eight weeks of teaching DFP content, both groups gained significantly in knowledge. Furthermore, the learning attitudes and interviews of the treatment group students indicated positive responses utilizing m-learning in teaching scenarios. Students indicated a desire to receive m-learning opportunities for future courses.

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Bonassi, Edna Celeste Vieira. "Globalização na escola, para além de um conteúdo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-08102010-125022/.

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Esta dissertação trata do ensino da globalização, enquanto conteúdo no último ano do Ensino Fundamental. A pesquisa envida nos caminhos de compreensão da globalização no campo teórico, mas enfocada principalmente em sua materialização no lugar de vivência do aluno, expresso no cotidiano e as relações dialéticas aí geradas a fim de oportunizar condições de contexto dessa temática para encaminhamento do tema nas aulas de Geografia. O nascedouro desta proposta ocorreu em função de contradições e paradoxos no comportamento dos alunos em relação à posse e uso de aparelhos tecnológicos de última geração, e também, das dificuldades, enfrentadas por nós professores, no ensino desse conteúdo. Assim, o objetivo da pesquisa está direcionado para a possibilidade de contextualizar o conteúdo da globalização na perspectiva dialética, considerando as variáveis que se lhe constituem, as dimensões: tecnológica, cultural, política, econômica e social, manifestas e imbricadas no cotidiano. Antes, porém é dedicado um espaço de compreensão do jovem e sua condição no contexto da e na globalização, se perfazendo no lugar do vivido, do cotidiano. O jovem, neste início de século, vive em presentes perpétuos, fragmentados pelas imagens, signos e significados; o tempo presente é um momento aparentemente único, descolado de um passado e supostamente sem vínculo com o futuro. A juventude, enquanto condição está equacionada nos moldes da racionalidade econômica e disponibilizada à globalização através dos sentidos orientados para o mercado de consumo neste momento sócio histórico e cultural, quando os signos, produtos e cultura, tomam a forma de mercadoria e delineiam comportamentos que sugerem o imediatismo e a efemeridade. Demonstramos as relações do contexto através das respostas dadas pelos alunos, seja no questionário de perguntas fechadas ou abertas. Para tanto, se fez necessária a compreensão de elementos constitutivos da globalização, no caso, destaca-se a tecnologia e o consumo, este com conotação cultural, em decorrência da ênfase dada às mercadorias-signos, imagens e bens que, em geral, ganham novos significados no processo, assim como a cidadania atrelada aos direitos de consumo a serviço do capitalismo. Tem-se nessa dialética a relação ensino aprendizagem da e na globalização objetivado no desenvolvimento formativo do aluno. Nesse sentido, destacamos as entrevistas com os professores, a fim de apurar como é articulado o conteúdo da globalização, no último ano do Ensino Fundamental, na intenção de evidenciar as dificuldades desses profissionais com relação ao tema para um posicionamento mediante às questões relevantes e propor sugestões. O encaminhamento, por sua vez, se constitui como eixo de sugestões possíveis para compor a articulação do conteúdo da globalização no movimento dialético das dimensões que lhe perfazem, a fim de favorecer o ensino e aprendizagem desse tema tão complexo. Faz-se necessário ainda tornar significativo o conteúdo a partir da realidade vivida por esses jovens e contribuir para um modo de pensar mais consciente e formador do aluno no desenvolvimento da cidadania.
This dissertation deals with the teaching of globalization as course content in the final year of primary level education. The study endeavors to bring to light how globalization is understood at the theoretical level, however, it mainly focuses on how globalization is inserted into the everyday experience of students, how it is expressed in their day-to-day lives and the dialectic processes that arise therein, with the purpose of taking advantage of the contextual conditions of this subject matter and how it is delivered in Geography classes. The concept for this study arose from the contradictions and paradoxes evident in the behavior of students with regards to their possession and use of the latest generation technological devices, and also from the difficulties that we, as teachers, face in teaching this subject. Thus, the aim of this study concerns the possibility of contextualizing the subject of globalization from a dialectic perspective, considering the variables that constitute it: the technological, cultural, political, economic and social dimensions, which overlap each other in everyday life. Beforehand, however, part of the study is dedicated to the comprehension of youths and their position in the context of globalization, and how it is received in their experiences and daily life. At the beginning of this new century, youths are living in the \"perpetual present\", a world fragmented by a plethora of images, signs and meanings; the present time is an apparently unique moment, detached from the past and with supposedly no link to the future. Youth as a condition is laid out in the moulds of economic rationality and is exposed to globalization through senses that are oriented towards the consumer market at this socio-historical and cultural junction, when signs, products and culture take the form of merchandise and delineate a type of behavior defined by immediatism and ephemerality. The students relationships with the context are demonstrated by the replies they gave in questionnaires containing both closed-ended and open-ended questions. Accordingly, comprehension of the formative elements of globalization is necessary, in this case technology and consumption stand out, the latter with a cultural connotation, as a result of the emphasis given to merchandise comprising of signs, images and goods that, in general, take on new meaning in the process, like citizenship linked to the consumption rights at the service of capitalism. This dialectic process is apparent in the relationship between the teaching and learning of globalization, aimed at the formative development of the student. Accordingly, interviews with teachers are emphasized, with the purpose of ascertaining how the subject of globalization is articulated in the final year of primary level education, with the intention of making evident the difficulties that these professionals face with regards to the subject, when they are confronted by relevant issues, and to propose suggestions. In turn, the promotion of this subject is the axis for possible suggestions to compose the articulation of globalization as subject matter in the dialectic movement of the dimensions it takes on, with the purpose of favoring the teaching and learning of this complex subject. Furthermore, it is necessary to make the content relevant from the standpoint of the reality experienced by these youths and to contribute to a more conscious manner of thinking and educating the student in the development of citizenship.

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Rauber, Joaquim. "O livro didático de geografia: entre o impresso e o digital." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/149425.

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Esta dissertação busca refletir sobre o livro didático de Geografia e suas extensões, principalmente sobre as continuidades e transformações em seus formatos e suas relações no ensino-aprendizagem da Geografia escolar. Entrelaçamentos que se tecem junto ao contexto que os estudantes estão imersos, considerando a complexidade digital e tecnológica que a sociedade atualmente oferece. Assim, exige pensar nas possibilidades de aprendizagem enquanto livro didático impresso e recursos digitais. Desta forma, procura-se pontuar os possíveis rasgos metodológicos entre um e outro, percebendo a aprendizagem num fio que pode perpassar ambos. Refletir o livro didático em diferentes formatos conjuga o pensar de que esse, não é neutro e por isso não se resume a um suporte pedagógico sem intencionalidades, a ponto de que, o que ele produz e a forma como é produzido não fosse da sua própria constituição. Toda essa escrita apresenta interrogações e implicações que circulam o ensino da Geografia, na referência do livro didático: problematizações em questões como textos, imagens, hipertextos, novos layouts e designs fazem parte deste percurso de análise de obras didáticas de Geografia. As reflexões parcialmente respingadas em observações empíricas apontam o livro didático na centralidade das práticas de ensino de Geografia nos contextos escolares. Também, a pesquisa traz indicativas de algumas funções do livro didático de Geografia, como reprodutor de conteúdos comuns, tomando como base, parâmetros curriculares nacionais, Programa Nacional do Livro Didático, conceitos e paradigmas tradicionais que, de certo modo, continuam a atender os interesses do mercado. Como cenário para observação, uma prática dirigida com estudantes em uma escola pública, a pesquisa avança para o entendimento de que os sujeitos contemporâneos vivenciam novas formas de ser e estar no mundo, proporcionadas pela utilização das novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação. A discussão teórica inclui autores como: Jorge Larrosa, Paula Sibilia, Roger Chartier, Ruy Moreira, Ivaine Maria Tonini, entre outros. Nesse sentido, os novos livros didáticos de Geografia, trazem mudanças nas suas disposições, alicerçadas nas novas tecnologias e nos suportes digitais, que alteram as possibilidades e operacionalidades dos novos leitores. Essa pesquisa contribuirá no que se refere à reflexão do uso do livro didático de Geografia, apontando para um ensino de forma consciente e crítico, que possibilite aprendizagens.
This study reflects about the didactical Geography book and its extensions, mainly about the continuities and transformations in its contexts and its relations in school Geography teaching and learning. Entanglements that are woven to the context which the students are immersed, they consider the digital and technological complexity offered nowadays by the society. Therefore, it is necessary to thing in the learning possibilities as impressed didactic book and digital resources. This way, it is sought to point the possible methodological gaps between one to each other, and to perceive the learning in a line able to run through the both. Reflecting the didactical book in different formats conjugate the thinking that this is not neutral, and for this it does not summarise in a pedagogical support without intentions, that what is produced on it and the way that its produced it is not itself constitution. All this writing presents interrogations and implications around Geography teaching, in reference to didactical book: problematizations in questions as texts, images, hypertexts, new layouts and designs do part of this analyse’s course of Geography didactical work. The reflections, partially, spattered in empiric observations point the didactical book in the practices’ centrality of Geography teaching at school contexts.The research also brings indicatives of some didactic Geography book functions, as an ordinary subjects copier, which uses as its base the national curriculum guidelines, Programa Nacional do Livro Didático, concepts and traditional paradigms which somehow continue serving the market interests. As a scenery to the observation, as a practice leading with students from a public school, the research progresses to the understanding that the contemporary subjects live new ways of being in the world, proposed by the use of new information technologies. The theoretical discussion includes authors as: Jorge Larrosa, Paula Sibilia, Roger Chartier, Ruy Moreira, Ivaine Maria Tonini among others. In this sense, the new didactic Geography books bring changes on their provisions, which are grounded on new technologies, and digital supports, that change the possibilities and operabilities of new readers. This research will contribute with the reflexion of use of didactical Geography book, and it will indicate to a conscious and critical teaching way and enable learnings.

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Andrade, Cristiane Maciel de Souza. "Enem e ensino de geografia interfaces que precisam ser discutidas." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/153242.

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O presente trabalho está vinculado à linha de pesquisa de Ensino de Geografia do Programa de Pós-Graduação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). O trabalho tem como objetivo geral investigar os fundamentos, as concepções e as práticas dos professores do componente curricular de Geografia no Ensino Médio, para compreender as dificuldades apresentadas pelos estudantes na resolução de questões de Geografia da Prova de Ciências Humanas do ENEM. Metodologicamente configura-se como uma investigação de caráter qualitativo, empregando a técnica de análise de conteúdo. A investigação estruturou-se em etapas consecutivas e complementares a fim de, identificar quais ações têm sido implementadas a partir da Matriz de Referência do ENEM nas instituições de ensino da rede pública estadual de Porto Alegre. Buscamos compreender o quanto esta avaliação em larga escala vem influenciando as práticas pedagógicas no Ensino Médio, até o ponto de organização de um currículo estruturado por competências e habilidades constituído em três pilares teóricos que sustentam a reforma educacional: a interdisciplinaridade, a contextualização e resolução de problemas. A pesquisa buscou aportes teóricos e empíricos que nos permitissem refletir de maneira mais significativa os limites e as possibilidades que o ENEM, como política pública de avaliação da educação básica, apresenta diante da realidade das escolas.
The present study is attached to the research line of the Graduate Studies Program of Geography of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). The work aims to investigate the principles, the conceptions and the High School Geography teachers´ practices in order to understand the difficulties that students have when answering the Geography questions in the Human Sciences Exam of ENEM. It is, methodologically, an investigation of qualitative nature, using the contents analysis technique. The research was based in successive and complementary stages in order to identify which actions have been used according to the “Matriz de Referência do ENEM” in the public schools of Porto Alegre. It is important to understand how this large-scale evaluation has been influencing the pedagogic high school practices, including the organization of the educational curriculum planned in competences and abilities based in three pillars of the educational reform: the interdisciplinary approach, the contextualization and the problem resolution. It is aimed to find out during the process and at the end of the research, theoretical and empirical contributions that enable us to a further reflection on the limits and the possibilities that the ENEM, as a public education policy of the basic education evaluation system, presents to the reality of the schools.

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Bogo, Jordana. "A linguagem conceitual geográfica : uma dimensão da prática docente no ensino fundamental." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2010. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/496.

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O presente trabalho consiste, primeiramente, de uma pesquisa teórica que almejou fundamentar aquilo que lhe seguiu: uma pesquisa-ação, efetivada e apresentada aqui, na área do ensino de Geografia para os primeiros anos do ensino fundamental. A pesquisa-ação pretendeu estruturar situações de ensino envolvendo conceitos geográficos para os anos iniciais de forma a mostrar sua relevância para a compreensão do próprio espaço vivido por parte dos educandos. Esta pesquisa foi desenvolvida em uma escola da rede privada de Caxias do Sul, com duas professoras regentes do 3º ano, e é de natureza qualitativa, pois pautou-se nos pressupostos da metodologia da pesquisa-ação. A mesma foi efetivada em encontros presenciais entre a pesquisadora e as professoras, e encontros semipresenciais entre as educadoras. Esses momentos possibilitaram debates em torno do processo de formação de conceitos na criança, embasado na teoria sociocultural de Vygotsky e sobre o ensino de Geografia na fase inicial da alfabetização. Foram utilizados autores que estudam a presença dessa disciplina no ensino. Tais encontros possibilitaram a organização e implementação de atividades no fazer pedagógico das educadoras levando em conta o aparato conceitual da Geografia no estudo do município de Caxias do Sul. As metodologias empregadas permitiram que os alunos identificassem e compreendessem diversos aspectos do meio em que viviam. Esse tipo de investigação permite que o pesquisador atue, no local escolhido para a pesquisa, como um agente contextualizado que busca aproximar discussões teóricas e contribuir para o processo de ensino-aprendizagem. A análise dos resultados revelaram que esse tipo de aproximação da pesquisadora do lócus da pesquisa oportuniza novos olhares sobre os processos de aprendizagem, em especial em relação ao ensino de Geografia, o qual mostra contribuir imensamente na fase de escolarização, como essa pesquisa o demonstra.
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This work consists primarily of a theoretical research that sought to justify what followed: an action research, showed and presented here. This action research has the intend to structure teaching situations involving geographical concepts for the early years to show its relevance to the understanding of space itself experienced by students. This study was conducted in a private school in Caxias do Sul, with two conductors teachers of the third year, and this research is qualitative, it was based on the assumptions of the methodology of action research. The research was made on face meetings between the researcher and the teachers, and half-face meetings between the educators. These meetings enabled discussion around the process of concept formation in the child, based on Vygotsky´s sociocultural theory and the teaching of geography in early literacy. Authors who study the presence of geography in education were used to this study. These meetings also allowed the organization and implementation of the pedagogical activities of educators taking into account the conceptual apparatus of geography in the study of the city of Caxias do Sul. The methods used allowed the students to identify and understand various aspects of the environment in which they lived. This type of research allows the researcher to act in the place chosen for the research, as an agent in context which aims to bring the theoretical discussions and contribute to the teaching-learning. The results showed that this type of approach a researcher at the place of research nurture new ways of understanding the learning processes, particularly in relation to the teaching of geography, which shows contribute immensely in the process of schooling, as this survey demonstrates.

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Fonseca, Carlos Eduardo. "A importância da escala do problema no processo de aprendizagem da migração nordestina na metrópole paulistana." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-11032019-104932/.

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O presente trabalho trata sobre a insuficiência do ensino e da aprendizagem de geografia na educação básica apoiado na categoria lugar sem conexões com outras escalas de tempo e espaço do problema estudado. Atualmente, crianças e adolescentes em idade escolar encontram-se num meio técnico-científico-informacional e sociedade em rede, sendo, inclusive, considerados nativos digitais. No entanto, enfrentam dificuldades intelectuais para resolver problemas colocados pela contemporaneidade e estão expostos à estímulos diretos com pouca ou nula mediação humana, o que pode comprometer seu desenvolvimento intelectual e cognitivo. A geografia, enquanto conhecimento científico e disciplina escolar, pode contribuir substancialmente para o desenvolvimento desses jovens escolares, mas se focada em estudos limitados de um dado recorte espacial, sem conexões com outras escalas de tempo e espaço do problema estudado, será insuficiente. Esta pesquisa utilizou-se da aplicação de uma sequência didática em quatro turmas de oitavas séries e apoiou-se nos aportes teóricos de Lev Semionovitch Vigotski e Reuven Feuerstein, com a Psicologia da Aprendizagem e a Teoria da Experiência de Aprendizagem Mediada, respectivamente. Num primeiro momento os estudantes responderam a três questões-problema referentes à migração nordestina no país, porém a fizeram propositadamente sem qualquer tipo de mediação do professor. Noutro momento, após terem realizado atividades didático-pedagógicas em que o professor se utilizara dos três critérios universais da Teoria da Experiência de Aprendizagem Mediada de Feuerstein e de algumas das premissas de Vigotski, apoiando-se, sobretudo, em diferentes recursos pedagógicos e modalidades de linguagem, os estudantes refizeram as três questões. Paralelamente às atividades da sequência didática, os estudantes realizaram entrevistas com migrantes nordestinos do Distrito de Pedreira, zona sul da capital paulista, a fim de que pudessem ter contato com as memórias e representações de mundo dessas pessoas, num mundo de meio técnico-científico-informacional e significativas injustiças de toda a ordem. O objetivo de tal atividade fora que pudessem aprender geografia enquanto conhecimento científico, trabalhando com escalas de tempo e espaço que não somente restrita ao lugar do aluno, mas que pudessem transcender a noção de lugar enquanto espaço territorialmente isolado, fragmentado, com pouca ou nula conexão com outras escalas espaciais e temporais, de outros lugares. Obtivemos que os alunos apresentaram seus conhecimentos espontâneos fortemente atrelados ao lugar e ao que lhe é mais próximo, mas após serem mediados, demonstraram que começaram paulatinamente a operar cognitiva e intelectualmente conectando outras escalas do problema estudado, neste caso, a migração nordestina na metrópole paulistana.
The current work discusses the insufficiency of teaching and learning geography in basic education grounded on the category of the surroundings without other space time scales over the studied issue or phenomenon. Nowadays, school-aged children and teenagers are in a technical-scientific-informational medium and a network society, even being known as \"digital natives\". Although, they go through intellectual hardships to fathom problems placed by contemporaneity and are exposed to direct stimuli with little to no human mediation, what can havoc their cognitive and intellectual development. Geography as science and a subject can substantially contribute to the development of this student youth, yet will be insufficient when focused on limited studies within a certain spacial trim. This research applied a didactic sequence on four eighth grades and based itself on Lev Semionovitch Vigotski\'s and Reuven Feuerstein\'s theoretical works about the Learning Psychology and the Mediated Learning Experience Theory, respectively. Firstly, the students answered to three questions involving migration from the north-east in the country, whereas on purpose there wasn\'t any mediation from the teacher. In another moment, after having done the didactic-pedagogical activities in which the teacher used the three universal criteria from the Feuerstein\'s Mediated Learning Experience Theory and some of the Vigotski\'s premisses, overall relying on different pedagogical resources and language models, students redid such questions. Parallel to the activities from the didactic sequence, the students interviewed north-eastern migrants in the Distrito de Pedreira, south zone of the paulista capital, so that they could have contact with the memories and world representations from these people in a globalized planet with considerable injustice and all its types. The activity\'s goal was to learn geography as a scientific knowledge, dealing with space and time scales not restricted to the \"student\'s surroundings\", but transcendent to the notion of place as an isolated, fragmented territory, with scarce to nonexistent connection with other scales from other places. We found the students presented their spontaneous knowledge strongly associated to their surroundings, but progressively demonstrated to relate other scales from the studied issue, the north-eastern migration to the paulistana metropolis.

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Nascimento, Lisângela Kati do. "O lugar do Lugar no ensino de Geografia: um estudo em escolas públicas do Vale do Ribeira-SP." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8135/tde-25022013-095747/.

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Este trabalho se propôs a compreender os sentidos do Lugar para alunos e professores do município de Cajati, na região do Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo. O objetivo principal foi investigar se a categoria de lugar é utilizada como referência para a contextualização de conteúdos das aulas de Geografia e se contribui para aprendizagens significativas dos alunos e compreensão complexa do lugar. Outro objetivo foi analisar a proposta curricular de Geografia para os Anos Finais do Ensino Fundamental e do Ensino Médio para as escolas estaduais a fim de verificar se este currículo possibilita relacionar os conteúdos propostos com a realidade do município e da região. Os múltiplos olhares dos diferentes sujeitos desta pesquisa indicam que o Lugar vivido ainda não é objeto de conhecimento na escola. O lugar parece estar desconectado do mundo estudado e ser uma realidade imutável, naturalizada e não uma construção social histórica, passível de ser compreendida e transformada. Se falta conhecimento por parte dos alunos sobre a geografia do município e da região do Vale do Ribeira, falta também para os professores que, em sua formação inicial, não tiveram a oportunidade de estudar o seu Lugar e não se apropriaram das teorias para compreender o Lugar como pressuposto do ensino de Geografia, bem como de metodologias para tornar o Lugar objeto de conhecimento. A experiência das Oficinas Pedagógicas realizadas com professores nos mostra que um processo de formação continuada pode contribuir decisivamente para ressignificar o mundo vivido dos alunos, condição fundamental para o Lugar se transformar em objeto de conhecimento e estudo nas práticas de ensino de Geografia.
This study aimed to investigate the senses attributed to Place by students and teachers in Cajati, city located in the Vale do Ribeira region, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The main purpose was to investigate if the category of place is used as a reference in order to contextualize some contents taught in the Geography classes, and if it contributes to Meaningful learning by students, which begin to understand their place in a more complex sense. Another goal was to analyze the official Geography curriculum proposal for the public schools of the state of São Paulo for the final years of the Elementary School and the High School, in order to investigate if it allows teachers to establish relationships between the proposed contents and the local and regional realities. The multiple perspectives of the different subjects of this research indicate that the living Place is not yet object of knowledge at school. The place seems to be disconnected from the studied world and to be an unchanging reality, naturalized and not historically or socially constructed, which could be understood and transformed. The students lack knowledge about the geography of the city and the Vale do Ribeira region, but also do the teachers who haven\'t had the opportunity to study their Place and to know theories to understand the Place as a condition of the teaching of Geography, as well as and methodologies to transform the Place into an object of knowledge. The experience of the Pedagogical Workshops held with teachers shows that a in-service training process may contribute to reframe the students\' lived world, a primal condition in order to turn the Place into an object of knowledge and study in the Geography teaching practices.

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Woitowicz, Eliete. "A formação inicial de professores de geografia no PIBID/UNIOESTE - Campus de Marechal Cândido Rondon-PR (2011-2015)." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2016. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/83.

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This this dissertation was to analyze the performances of the Institutional Program Geography Subproject Initiation Grant to Teaching (PIBID), the State University of Western Paraná (UNIOESTE), campus Marechal Cândido Rondon (MCR), entitled "The teaching of geography: from theory to practice", in the period from 2011 to 2015, before the improvement, enhancement and qualification of initial teacher training . In addition, it sought to understand the historical and political context in which the PIBID arose in order to contextualize the public educational policies that bolster. The presentation of this scenario enables the understanding of reforms in teacher education policies and at the same time, the understanding of how PIBID was established as public policy of the State. He tried to work the concept of initial teacher training in order to correlate it to the performances of PIBID of Geography UNIOESTE/MCR. Favorable condition to show that the Subproject's actions are consistent with the purposes of the program, and assign quality training of Geography teachers. We sought to identify the works, research and activities of the pibidianos contribute indeed to initial teacher education, relating the practices developed in the Sub-project with the discussion of the minister Geography classes more attractive and meaningful. Therefore, in addition to the relevant literature to the field of research, we used qualitative analysis through the case study technique, with the participation of twelve (12) initiation scholarship to teaching and 03 (three) supervising teachers (fellows and volunteers) Geography Subproject, through semi-structured interview of development with open questions, which were audio-recorded and transcribed. Developed open questionnaire with two classes of 7th grade of elementary school - a total of 49 (forty nine) students - who participate in the activities of Geography PIBID for over a year and six months in two schools public of the city of MCR that integrate Subproject under review. It was found that the Subproject actions PIBID of Geography UNIOESTE/MCR is crucial to assist and improve initial teacher training, especially in relation to the learning of the teaching profession, and improve the quality of geography teaching in schools and University. However, it was also possible to see some difficulties posed to the program, which caused political instability to PIBID. Thus, through this study, we present the opportunities and challenges facing the Subproject above before the initial training of Geography teachers. It is expected that the results will contribute to the strengthening and continuity of PIBID, in order to expand the program to a larger number of undergraduate students in Brazil and, simultaneously, in public schools of Basic Education. It also seeks to encourage changes in how the Degree in Geography (UNIOESTE/MCR) is seen especially in relation to the attitude of some undergraduates and teachers who do not sympathize with teaching.
Esta dissertação procurou analisar as atuações do Subprojeto de Geografia do Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID), da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), campus de Marechal Cândido Rondon (MCR), intitulado O ensino da Geografia: da teoria à prática , no período de 2011 a 2015, perante o aperfeiçoamento, valorização e qualificação da formação inicial de professores. Além disso, buscou-se compreender o contexto histórico-político em que o PIBID surgiu, de modo a contextualizar as políticas públicas educacionais que o amparam. A apresentação desse cenário viabiliza a compreensão das reformas nas políticas de formação docente e, ao mesmo tempo, o entendimento de como o PIBID se estabeleceu como política pública de Estado. Procurou-se trabalhar o conceito de formação inicial docente de modo a correlacioná-lo às atuações do PIBID de Geografia da UNIOESTE/MCR. Condição favorável para evidenciar que as ações do Subprojeto são condizentes com as finalidades do Programa, e atribuem qualidade a formação de professores de Geografia. Buscou-se identificar se os trabalhos, pesquisas e atividades desenvolvidas pelos pibidianos contribuem de fato para a formação inicial de professores, relacionando as práticas desenvolvidas no Subprojeto com a discussão sobre o ministrar aulas de Geografia mais atrativas e significativas. Para tanto, além da pesquisa bibliográfica pertinente ao campo de investigação, utilizou-se a análise qualitativa, através da técnica do estudo de caso, com a participação de 12 (doze) bolsistas de iniciação à docência e 03 (três) professores supervisores (bolsistas e voluntários) do Subprojeto de Geografia, por meio do desenvolvimento de entrevista semiestruturada com perguntas abertas, as quais foram gravadas em áudio e transcritas integralmente. Desenvolveu-se questionário aberto com duas turmas de 7º ano do Ensino Fundamental perfazendo um total de 49 (quarenta e nove) alunos , que participam das atividades do PIBID de Geografia há mais de um ano e seis meses, em duas instituições de ensino públicas do município de MCR que integram o Subprojeto em análise. Constatou-se que as ações do Subprojeto do PIBID de Geografia da UNIOESTE/MCR são fundamentais para auxiliar e aperfeiçoar a formação inicial de professores, sobretudo em relação ao aprendizado do trabalho docente, além de melhorar a qualidade do ensino de Geografia nas escolas e na Universidade. Entretanto, também foi possível verificar algumas dificuldades colocadas ao Programa, que causaram instabilidade política ao PIBID. Logo, por intermédio deste estudo, apresentam-se as possibilidades e desafios enfrentados pelo Subprojeto supracitado perante a formação inicial de professores de Geografia. Espera-se que os resultados obtidos contribuam para o fortalecimento e continuidade do PIBID, de modo a ampliar o Programa para um número maior de estudantes de licenciatura no Brasil e, simultaneamente, em escolas públicas da Educação Básica. Além disso, busca-se incentivar mudanças na forma de como o Curso de Licenciatura em Geografia (UNIOESTE/MCR) é encarado, sobretudo em relação à postura de alguns licenciandos e professores que não simpatizam com o ensino.

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Rosa, Jaqueline Daniela da. "Os multiletramentos no estudo do município em geografia: uma prática interdisciplinar utilizando fotografia e escrita." Universidade Federal do Pampa, 2016. http://dspace.unipampa.edu.br:8080/xmlui/handle/riu/965.

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Este trabalho tem como objetivo promover os multiletramentos e a interdisciplinaridade entre a Geografia e a área das linguagens através de uma prática no estudo do município de Bagé-RS em uma escola da rede municipal com alunos do 4º ano do Ensino Fundamental I. Com essa finalidade, elaborou-se como produto pedagógico uma proposta de Unidade Didática no ensino da Geografia com crianças, voltada principalmente ao letramento visual e digital (leitura e interpretação de imagens e prática com fotografia) e leitura e escrita (exploração do gênero entrevista). Optou-se pela interdisciplinaridade entre a Geografia e a área das linguagens (Língua Portuguesa), levando-se em conta as orientações dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais para o Ensino Fundamental I nas áreas de Geografia e Língua Portuguesa, quanto ao ensino ser algo desenvolvido de forma integrada e com o objetivo de levar a criança a aprender a ler e a escrever através de palavras e de outras formas, como a leitura visual e cartográfica, ambas fundamentais nesta fase escolar. Embasam as discussões neste trabalho autores como Soares (2002), Rojo e Moura (2012), Callai (2005), Straforinni (2001), Dondis (1991), Fazenda (2008), Santaella e Nöth (1997) e Marcuschi (2005) e os Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais para o ensino Fundamental I. Neste sentido, procurou-se criar atividades para a Unidade Didática produzida contemplando o estudo do município de Bagé (tema explorado no 4º ano do Ensino Fundamental I) em uma escala geográfica global, não hierarquizada e fragmentada, levando a criança a conhecer através de imagens e fotografia a história, o cotidiano, as relações humanas, as construções e principalmente a cultura produzida pelas pessoas em Bagé ao longo do tempo. Além disso, foi possível mostrar ao professor a importância da busca de parcerias para a realização do trabalho interdisciplinar através das oficinas realizadas com o auxílio de profissionais habilitados (fotógrafo e jornalistas). Em análise, constatou-se que a Unidade Didática produzida desenvolve processos significativos no letramento visual e digital, habilidades de leitura, escrita e oralidade, proporcionando ao educando a competência de trabalhar em grupo e de utilizar tecnologias em sua aprendizagem. Também foi possível perceber que a professora regente, a qual participou de todo o processo auxiliando no desenvolvimento das aulas, agregou mudanças significativas em sua postura pedagógica em relação à interdisciplinaridade e ao ensino da Geografia para crianças, desenvolvendo um novo olhar no trabalho com o tema município no 4º ano. As atividades práticas, no geral, agradaram a grande maioria dos alunos, os quais ocuparam o papel de produtores, apresentando uma melhora significativa em sua organização e comunicação, além de apropriarem-se de diferentes informações sobre o município em que vivem. No entanto, também constatou-se a necessidade de adaptações em determinados procedimentos e atividades, o que permite concluir que a proposta necessita apresentar flexibilidade em relação ao tempo de aplicação e que pode ser melhor redimensionada principalmente em relação à produção escrita dos alunos. Como resultado deste trabalho, organizou-se a Unidade Didática produzida em formato de revista digital apresentada em CD-ROM, sendo destinada principalmente a professores dos anos iniciais. Além da Unidade, tem-se como objetivo produzir um livro para professores contendo roteiro das atividades e reflexões sobre as aulas-oficinas realizadas. Neste sentido, espera-se que o docente ao ter acesso à Unidade Didática apresentada faça as reflexões necessárias sobre a proposta e realize as adaptações conforme sua realidade.
ABSTRACT : This paper aims to promote multiliteracies and interdisciplinarity between Geography and language area through a practice in Bagé – RS city study in a municipal school with Elementary forth grade students. With this goal, it was made a teaching unit as a pedagogical product to teach Geography to kids, mainly aimed at visual and digital literacy (images reading and interpretation and practice with photography), reading and writing (developing of interview genre). It was opted for interdisciplinarity between Geography and language area (Portuguese Language), considering Brazilian Curricular Directives for Elementary Education in the areas of Geography and Portuguese Language, about the fact that teaching is something developed in an integrated way and with the aim of leading the kid to learn to read and to write, through words and other ways, as well as visual and cartographic reading, both are fundamental in this scholar fase. To base the discussion in this research, there are authors as Soares (2002), Rojo e Moura (2012), Callai (2005), Straforinni (2001), Dondis (1991), Fazenda (2008), Santaella e Nöth (1997) e Marcuschi (2005) and Brazilian Curricular Directives for Elementary Education. In this sense, it was looked for creating activities to the teaching unit produced, including Bagé city study (theme that is explored in Elementary forth grade) in a Geographic global scale, that is not hierarchic nor fragmented, leading the kid to know through images and photographs the history, the daily, the human relations, the constructions and mainly the culture produced by people in Bagé over time. Besides, it was possible to show to the teacher the importance of seeking partnerships to accomplish an interdisciplinary work through workshops made with the assistance of habilitated professionals (photographer and journalists). In the analysis, it was found that the teaching unit produced develops significant processes in digital and visual literacy, reading, writing and oral abilities, providing the student the competence of working in groups and of using technologies in their learning. It was also possible to notice that the regent teacher, the one who participated of the whole process, helping the development of the classes, added significant changes to her pedagogical attitude in relation to interdisciplinarity and to kids Geography teaching, developing a new look to the work with the city theme in the forth grade. The practical activities, in general, pleased most of the students who acted as producers, showing a significant improvement in their organization and communication, and they also learned about several information about the city they live in. As a final result of this paper, a book was organized, and it is directed mainly to Elementary kids teachers, it has images, guide of the classes, descriptions of the photographs workshops and interviews and practices with interviews realized by students with people from Bagé. In this sense, it is expected that the teachers, when they have access to the presented Teaching Unit, make the necessary reflections about the proposal and make the adaptations according to their reality.

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Dias, Juliana Maddalena Trifilio. "Crianças e favelas : percepções, mediações e sentidos." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2010. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/2813.

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A temática da favela tem sido abordada no ensino de Geografia como um espaço de ausências, principalmente, de infraestrutura urbana. Existe um silenciamento da pluralidade presente entre os espaços e lugares de seus moradores, justamente, em uma disciplina que se coloca na busca por um olhar crítico na formação do cidadão. Todavia, o saber escolar não se configura como exclusiva mediação na construção da noção de favela pelos alunos. Neste sentido, se na cultura contemporânea são inúmeros os modos do sujeito tecer sua aprendizagem espacial, por que não investigar como as crianças percebem e concebem a ideia de favela? Ouvir os alunos para compreender aquilo que media suas experiências com o espaço favela proporciona uma reflexão acerca de uma temática que está posta a todos- na cidade, na TV, nas conversas- e, de modo espacial, suscita o debate em torno da formação de professores. Diante de muitas geografias e da pluralidade das favelas, esta pesquisa procurou com base na Geografia Humanista ouvir crianças a partir de seus desenhos para conhecer como esses atores sociais percebem os sentidos das favelas.
The issue of slums has been addressed in the teaching of geography as an area of absences, especially in urban infrastructure. There is a silencing of the plurality present between the spaces and places for its residents, just in a discipline that arises in the search for a critical look at the individual development. However, the school does not know how to setup exclusive mediation in the construction of the concept of slum students. In this sense, if in contemporary culture there are many ways to weave their learning of the subject space, why not investigate how children perceive and conceive the idea of slum? Listening to the students to understand what media their experiences with the slum area provides a reflection on a theme that is called the all-in town, on TV, in conversations, and, in space, raises the debate on the formation of teachers. Before many geographies and the plurality of slums, this research sought based on the Humanist Geography hear children from their drawings to know how they perceive the social meanings of the slums.

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Santos, Fátima Aparecida da Silva Faria Galvão dos. "O ensino da linguagem cartográfica nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental I: uma experiência com professores e alunos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-17122014-101008/.

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Este trabalho teve como objetivo, investigar como se dá a prática pedagógica nos anos iniciais do ensino Fundamental I em relação a abordagem da Cartografia Escolar. Nossa investigação pretendeu compreender como os professores se apropriam e auxiliam seus alunos a se apropriarem da linguagem cartográfica a partir da utilização de um Atlas Municipal, produtos cartográficos e outros recursos, tais como mapas, maquetes, croquis, bússolas, GPS, etc., e se conseguiriam a partir deste uso trabalhar conteúdos da geografia e de outras áreas do currículo escolar. Entendendo não ser tarefa fácil ao professor formado em Pedagogia, desenvolver os conteúdos próprios da Geografia devido a lacunas em sua formação que não priorizam conteúdos próprios da Geografia e tampouco da Cartografia Escolar. Sendo assim pautada pela observação e posterior análise das dificuldades apresentadas pelos professores do município de Itapeva-SP que atuam do 1º ao 5º ano, ao transporem didaticamente os conhecimentos cartográficos em sala de aula, elaboramos um curso de formação continuada que teve como mote uma metodologia que auxiliasse a se apropriarem dos conceitos e habilidades relativos a linguagem cartográfica e articulassem às suas próprias realidades, podendo assim transpor esses conhecimentos aos alunos. Para este intento, formulamos um conjunto de sequências de atividades didáticas, com as quais pretendíamos investigar o processo de desenvolvimento do raciocínio espacial dos professores e dos alunos, tendo assim a intenção de contribuir com uma proposta metodológica de trabalho para a Cartografia Escolar, que entre outros produtos utilizou de um Atlas Municipal Escolar, para explorar a realidade próxima de seus alunos e professores. Utilizamos como aporte teórico autores como: Almeida (1994); Callai (2005); Castellar (Rufino, 1996, 2005, 2010); Martinelli (1997); Simielli (1995, 2007); Oliveira (1978) entre outros e para a compreensão acerca da formação docente nos fundamentamos em Tardif (2009, 2012) e Nóvoa (1992). Partindo de uma abordagem pautada pela pesquisa qualitativa interpretativa, concluímos que o encaminhamento da proposta metodológica do curso foi apropriada e profícua, na medida em que valorizamos a participação efetiva tanto dos professores como dos alunos, procurando proporcionar-lhe os procedimentos necessários para que possam trabalhar com autonomia e segurança ao tratar da linguagem cartográfica, o que certamente lhes proporcionará um aprendizado contínuo e consequentemente um ensino significativo a seus alunos à medida que entenderão com maior clareza seus papéis no espaço da sociedade e lugar onde vivem e atuam.
This assignment was aimed to investigate how pedagogical practice makes up in the early years of Elementary School I, related to Scholar Cartography approach. Our research meant to understand how teachers take ownership and help their students to do so, of the cartographic language, from the use of a Municipal School Atlas, cartographic products and other resources, such as maps, models, sketches, compasses, GPS, etc.. and if they would make it through this use, to work Geography and other areas contents from the school curriculum.Recognizing it, as a non easy task to the teacher graded in Pedagogy, developing their own Geography contents, due to the gaps in their training, which does not prioritize them, neither Scholar Cartography.Guided this way by observation and further analysis of the difficulties, faced by teachers working in the town of Itapeva-SP, from the 1st and 5th year, when didactically crossing cartographic knowledge in the classroom, we developed a continuing education course that had as its motto, a methodology which would help them to take over the concepts and skills related to cartographic language and articulate to their own realities, in order to transpose this knowledge into the classroom.For this purpose, we have formulated a set of sequences of learning activities with which we intended to investigate the teachers and students spatial reasoning development process, in order to contribute to a work methodology for Scholar Cartography, that among other products, made use from a Municipal Atlas, to explore the close reality of their students and teachers.As theoretical contribution we made use of the following authors: Almeida (1994); Callai (2005), Castellar (Rufino, 1996, 2010); Martinelli (1997); Simielli (1995, 2007); Oliveira (1978) among others and for the comprehension of teacher education, we were based upon Tardif (2009, 2012) and Nóvoa (1992).Heading from an approach guided by the interpretive qualitative research, we conclude that the course methodological proposal routing was appropriate and useful, as we value the effective participation, both from the teachers and the students, seeking to provide them with the necessary procedures so they can work with autonomy and security when dealing with cartographic language, which certainly will provide them with an ongoing learning pursuant to a significant teaching to their pupils as they will understand clearer their roles in society space so where they live and work.

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Erford, Jamie L. "Sense of Place and Concurrent Enrollment: Creating College Places in High School Settings." University of Findlay / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1503050057101256.

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Lee, Yeung-chun Eddy, and 李揚眞. "Assessing and fostering senior secondary school students' conceptions and understanding of learning through authentic assessment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31960327.

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Ortega, Thiago Fernandes. "O ensino de cartografia e o desenvolvimento de competências de aprendizagem: uma contribuição para a formação de professor de geografia do ensino fundamental II." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8135/tde-21052012-155646/.

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Este trabalho apresenta uma investigação sobre o ensino da cartografia articulado ao desenvolvimento de competências de aprendizagem, destacando a importância da formação dos professores de geografia para o desenvolvimento de práticas de ensino que atinjam os objetivos do processo de alfabetização cartográfica. Parte-se da idéia de que é extremamente importante que os professores adquiram os conhecimentos básicos da cartografia escolar e do ensino a partir do desenvolvimento de competências para mediar esses conhecimentos e práticas juntamente com os alunos. Nesse sentido, o trabalho toma como ponto de partida o ensino de cartografia no 6° ano do ensino fundamental II, onde os alunos têm, pela primeira vez, o contato com o profissional de ensino especialista em geografia. Nessa etapa dos estudos, também, é onde (dentro do currículo do Estado de São Paulo) aparecem propostas as noções básicas de cartografia a serem desenvolvidas em sala de aula. Assim, para contribuir com a formação dos professores de geografia dentro dessa perspectiva, a pesquisa parte da análise do currículo do Estado de São Paulo e da discussão das práticas docentes em sala de aula, compreendendo as noções de cartografia desenvolvidas no 6° do ensino fundamental II, haja vista as grandes dificuldades dos professores em lidar com o assunto. Dessa forma, considera-se que, através da discussão e da compreensão da metodologia que esta por detrás do currículo, é possível contribuir com o professor no que diz respeito à sua própria formação, e contribuir com o aluno no que diz respeito à aquisição das noções básicas de cartografia e ao desenvolvimento de competências de aprendizagem que serão essenciais na resolução de situações-problema, tanto na vida escolar como na vida cotidiana.
This study presents an investigation on the teaching of cartography linked to learning competences development, as it points out the importance of the formation of geography teachers to the development of teaching procedures that achieve a successful cartographic alphabetization. It is important for teachers to acquire a basic knowledge level in school cartography and in its teaching through the construction of competences, which, in turn, mediate such content and practices between the students. This study first analyzes the cartography teaching in the Grade 6 course from middle school, where students face, for the first time, a teacher specialized in geography. At this stage, the elementary notions of cartography to be studied in class are presented to them (as seen in the subject program of the State of São Paulo). So, in order to contribute to the formation of geography teachers within this perspective, this research analyzes the subject program of the State of São Paulo, and discusses the in-class teaching practices, involving the cartography notions studied in Grade 6 given the difficulties that teachers usually face regarding this subject. This way, it is considered that, through the discussion and comprehension of the methodology running this program, it is possible to contribute to the teacher\'s formation and to the students\' acquisition of basic notions of cartography and their learning competences that will become key factors in solving problematic situations in school life and everyday life as well.

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Gaujal, Sophie. "Une géographie à l'école par la pratique artistique." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCC255/document.

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Inter, pluri, multi, trans. Les préfixes ne manquent pas pour désigner la volonté de l’institution scolaire de faire circuler les savoirs au sein d’une forme scolaire marquée jusqu’ici par leur segmentation. Cette thèse propose, au terme d’une enquête épistémologique destinée à montrer les enjeux d’une circulation entre géographie spontanée et géographie raisonnée, de développer des outils la favorisant, dans le cadre du cours de géographie. L’hypothèse de la recherche est que la pratique artistique peut favoriser cette circulation. Pour la tester, trois outils ont été conçus et expérimentés, depuis une posture d’enseignante-formatrice-chercheure : un concours photo, un concours de carte postale sensible, une performance
: Inter-, pluri-, multi-, trans-: these many prefixes all denote how keen today's school is on making knowledge and skills circulate within a framework traditionally renowned for its segmentation. Starting from an epistomological study of the fruitful interaction between spontaneous geography and reasoned geography, this thesis offers to define and develop tools to implement it within the geography class. This research work's hypothesis is that this interaction can be positively impacted by artistic practice. To verify it, I designed and tested three tools, in an apporach that was altogether a teacher's, a trainer's and a researcher's : a photography contest, a "sensitive postcard" cartography contest, and a performance

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Moraes, Jerusa Vilhena de. "A alfabetização científica, a resolução de problemas e o exercício da cidadania: uma proposta para o ensino de geografia." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-14062010-103955/.

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Nesta tese, investigamos a metodologia da aprendizagem baseada na resolução de problemas (PBL) no ensino de Geografia como proposta para a alfabetização científica e o exercício da cidadania. O trabalho, desenvolvido no contexto de formação de professores de Educação Infantil e Ensino Fundamental I e II, contribui para uma maior reflexão acerca de propostas voltadas à melhoria da prática pedagógica (no que diz respeito aos professores) e da aprendizagem de conceitos científicos (no que diz respeito a professores e alunos). Acreditamos que essa proposta para o ensino de Geografia, entendida como metodologia, pode permitir a compreensão, por parte do aluno, de conceitos das áreas comumente tratadas em sala de aula como antagônicas (Geografia Física e a Humana) e uma articulação entre a teoria e a prática. Do ponto de vista curricular, a proposta auxilia na estruturação de planos de aulas que enfatizam não apenas o conteúdo, mas a aprendizagem de conceitos científicos, habilidades e procedimentos ligados às diferentes áreas do conhecimento. Os teóricos que abordam essa questão no ensino escolar (LAMBROS, 2002; LEITE & ESTEVES, 2006, entre outros) mostram que essa metodologia possibilita aos alunos uma aprendizagem de conceitos científicos muito mais significativa e autônoma, auxiliando-os a desenvolver competências e habilidades voltadas para o raciocínio lógico, além da cooperação. Por meio da apresentação de quatro estudos de caso, avaliamos se as atividades desenvolvidas pelos professores são viáveis ou não no processo de aprendizagem, se permitem uma aprendizagem integrada dos conceitos, e se possibilitam uma melhoria do ensino.
With this thesis, we investigate the problem based learning inside the Geography teaching as an alternative way to the scientific literacy and the citizenship. This research was developed under the context of Elementary School and the Middle School I and II teacher training, and it can contribute to a higher and wider reflection on propositions to the improvement of pedagogical practices (concerning teachers) and the learning of scientifical concepts (concerning teachers and their students). We do believe that this proposal to the Geography teaching, understood as a methodology, can allow the knowledge, by the students, of some concepts that have been normally presented at school in an antagonical way (Human Geography and the Physical Geography). Moreover, a link between practice and theory will be possible. Considering lesson plans, this proposition can help to organize classes, not just emphasizing the content, but the learning of some scientifical concepts and, at the same time, the abilities and proceedings linked to different areas of knowledge. Scholars dealing with teaching (LAMBROS, 2002; LEITE & ESTEVES, 2006, and others) have been showing that this methodology enable the students a more independent and meaningful learning of scientifical concepts, helping them to develop the competencies and abilities linked to the logical reasoning and cooperation. Presenting four different cases, we study whether the activities can or not be used during the learning process, whether they allow an integrated learning process and whether they contribute to an improvement of the teaching.

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Freire, Laurecy Rodrigues. "A paisagem no ensino de Geografia: reflexões a partir da abordagem de professores e livros didáticos de ensino médio." Universidade Federal do Tocantins, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11612/940.

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O presente trabalho consiste em um estudo sobre a paisagem no ensino de Geografia que tem como objetivo geral analisar como é abordado o conceito de paisagem por professores e Livro Didático, no Ensino Médio, nas escolas públicas de Porto Nacional – TO. Para atingir o objetivo geral foi realizado levantamento bibliográfico referente ao conceito de paisagem na ciência geográfica e investigou-se, também, o conceito de paisagem presente no Livro Didático adotado pelas escolas pesquisadas. Para tanto, foram analisadas 07 coleções didáticas do Ensino Médio, cada coleção possui 03 volumes. Utilizou-se o Guia do Livro Didático PNLD 2015, pelo fato de ser este o guia norteador das coleções analisadas que pertencem ao triênio 2015, 2016 e 2017. Para esta análise foi levado em consideração: concepção de paisagem – observar a forma como o autor compreende esse conceito (os elementos que considera integrantes da paisagem) verificar se a paisagem aparece como um conteúdo específico (unidade do livro) ou é recorrente em todo o Livro Didático; observar se existe alguma sugestão de atividade prática em relação ao conceito de paisagem; como o autor do livro sugere trabalhar com esse conceito, assim com a sugestão bibliográfica. Analisou-se, também, os métodos adotados pelos professores para trabalhar a paisagem no Ensino Médio e sua relação com o Livro Didático. Foram entrevistados 7 professores de Geografia das escolas públicas estaduais que oferecem Ensino Médio do município de Porto Nacional – TO. Foi possível constatar que o conceito de paisagem é mencionado nos livros a partir do conceito de espaço geográfico, sendo pouco trabalhado nas coleções didáticas em geral. A partir das entrevistas concedidas constatou-se que os professores compreendem a importância do conceito de paisagem para o desenvolvimento dos alunos e procuram abordar esse conceito a partir do cotidiano do aluno, assim valoriza o seu conhecimento prévio. Os professores afirmaram que apesar das dificuldades encontradas para realizarem as aulas práticas, é necessário criar alternativas viáveis para que o processo de ensino aprendizagem ocorra de forma significativa.
The present work consists of a study about the landscape in the teaching of Geography, whose general objective is to analyze how the concept of landscape by teachers and Didactic Book in High School in the public schools of Porto Nacional - TO is approached. In order to reach the general objective, a bibliographical survey was carried out concerning the concept of landscape in geographic science and the concept of landscape present in the didactic book adopted by the schools studied was also investigated. In order to do so, we analyzed 7 didactic collections of High School, each collection has 03 volumes. The Guide of the PNLD 2015 Textbook was used because it is the guiding guide for the analyzed collections that belong to the triennium 2015, 2016 and 2017. For this analysis was taken into consideration: landscape conception - to observe how the author understands this concept (the elements that consider members of the landscape) to verify if the landscape appears as a specific content (unit of the book) or is recurrent throughout the didactic book; to observe if there is any suggestion of practical activity in relation to the concept of landscape; as the author of the book suggests working with this concept, as well as with the bibliographical suggestion. It was also analyzed the methods adopted by the teachers to work the landscape in High School and its relation with the Didactic Book. We interviewed 7 teachers of Geography of the state public schools that offer High School in the municipality of Porto Nacional - TO. It was possible to verify that the concept of landscape is mentioned in the books from the concept of geographic space, being little worked in the didactic collections in general. Based on the interviews, it was found that teachers understand the importance of the concept of landscape for the development of students and seek to approach this concept from the student's daily life, thus enhancing their prior knowledge. The teachers stated that despite the difficulties encountered to perform the practical classes, it is necessary to create viable alternatives so that the process of teaching learning occurs in a significant way.

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Alves, Fernando Roberto Jayme. "O uso do planetário da UFG para o ensino das estações do ano: uma investigação sobre aprendizagem na Geografia." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2013. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/4312.

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The seasons of the year are an astronomical topic of great relevance to geographical studies. Approach the seasons from the Earth's surface requires understanding of the apparent annual movement of the Sun on the celestial sphere. It is a broad subject that, in most cases, is not satisfactorily understood by students or even by teachers. Several studies have pointed to various problems about the teaching and learning of the seasons. The causes range from poor training of teachers regarding astronomical themes to the high level of abstraction that these contents require in order to be understood. On the other hand, the planetariums constitute prime locations for the (re)construction of knowledge, because they meet appropriate conditions for pedagogical practice of topics involving the celestial phenomena. This is a space whose function is the teaching and dissemination of interdisciplinary scientific knowledge, being the astronomical more evidenced. In this perspective, we conducted a case study within the Planetarium of UFG whose general objective is to investigate, through the learning of students evaluated, if really this space science is effective for teaching the seasons of the year and what are their contributions in this context, whether they are positive or not. The Planetarium of UFG has an optical-mechanical projector with topocentric reference, in other words, a system of reference centered at the place of observation, on the Earth's surface. The empirical work involved 56 students through the application of two questionnaires directly related to a class held inside the dome of the planetarium. It was found that 24 students have achieved a good learning at the summit, 19 had a median learning and 13 had a poor learning. Although they remained several conceptual confusions, the lesson in the dome provided students with the development of a more decentralized and reversible reasoning of spatial relations between the observer and the directions of the geographical space, indicated by apparent annual movement of the Sun in the sky. Thus, we intend to discuss throughout this work the capacity of the Planetarium of UFG have to contribute to the learning of the seasons through the topocentric reference, making conceptual changes from the previous ideas found in students investigated.
As estações do ano constituem um tema astronômico de grande relevância para os estudos geográficos. Abordar as estações a partir da superfície terrestre requer a compreensão do movimento anual aparente do Sol na esfera celeste. Trata-se de um assunto amplo que, na maioria das vezes, não é compreendido satisfatoriamente pelos alunos ou até mesmo pelos professores. Vários estudos têm apontado para diversas dificuldades acerca do ensino e da aprendizagem das estações do ano. As causas variam desde a má formação dos professores a respeito dos temas astronômicos até ao elevado nível de abstração que tais conteúdos exigem para serem compreendidos. Por outro lado, os planetários constituem locais privilegiados para a (re)construção do conhecimento, pois reúnem condições adequadas para a prática pedagógica de temas que envolvem os fenômenos celestes. Trata-se de um espaço cuja função é o ensino e a difusão do conhecimento científico interdisciplinar, sendo o astronômico de forma mais evidenciada. Nesta perspectiva, realizou-se um estudo de caso no âmbito do Planetário da UFG cujo objetivo geral é investigar, por intermédio da aprendizagem dos alunos avaliados, se realmente este espaço de ciência é eficaz para o ensino das estações do ano e quais são suas contribuições neste contexto, sejam elas positivas ou não. O Planetário da UFG possui um projetor óptico-mecânico com referencial topocêntrico, isto é, um sistema de referência centrado no local de observação, na superfície terrestre. O trabalho empírico envolveu 56 alunos por meio da aplicação de dois questionários diretamente relacionados a uma aula realizada dentro da cúpula do planetário. Verificou-se que 24 discentes conseguiram alcançar um bom aprendizado na cúpula, 19 obtiveram um aprendizado mediano e 13 tiveram um aprendizado ruim. Embora tenham permanecido várias confusões conceituais, a aula na cúpula proporcionou aos alunos o desenvolvimento de um raciocínio mais descentralizado e reversível das relações espaciais entre o observador e as direções do espaço geográfico, indicadas pelo movimento diário e anual aparente do Sol no céu. Desse modo, pretende-se discutir ao longo deste trabalho a capacidade que o Planetário da UFG tem em contribuir para o aprendizado das estações do ano por meio do referencial topocêntrico, realizando mudanças conceituais a partir das ideias prévias constatadas nos alunos investigados

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CHEN, YI-HUI, and 陳怡惠. "Application of Sharing Economy to the Teaching and Learning of Junior High School Geography." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51767402573231326285.

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中華大學
休閒遊憩規劃與管理學系
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This study is to apply the concept of " The sharing economy " (hereinafter referred to as " The shared concept ") to the teaching and learning of geography in junior high school, to build a model and to explore its application of teaching and learning attitude by the new sharing concept. In the experiment, two classes in the seventh grade of the middle school were taken as the research object. The shared concept was implemented in geography teaching in the experimental group, and the ordinary teaching model was carried out in the control group. The study covers “Coast and Islands”, and “Weather and Climate,” two lessons in Unit 1 of the first semester of the Seventh grade. At the end of each lesson, each smaller group in the experimental group posed problems, uploded the questions to the KAHOOT!, which is acting as the platform for the shared concept and shared them with the researchers. In contrast, students in the control group completed ordinary homework assignment on the subject. After 7 weeks, the second test was conducted to compare the learning achievement of two groups of students under different teaching methodologies, and to explore whether there were significant differences in learning effectiveness and attitude between the two groups of students applying the shared concept in geography teaching. Results obtained from research: (1) The application of the shared concept has a significant effect on the geography learning performance of middle school students. (2) The application of the shared concept has a significant effect on the geography learning performance of students who are rated as medium learning level. (3) The shared concept applied to teaching has a significant impact on geography learning attitude of middle school students.

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Tshibalo, Azwindini Ernest. "Co-operative learning in the teaching of mapwork to geography students in tertiary education." Diss., 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16227.

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This study investigates the use of co-operative learning in the teaching of mapwork to Geography students in tertiary education. Diverse methods of teaching Geography mapwork and also theories of learning that are relevant to the teaching of mapwork are discussed. Co-operative learning, and how it can be employed in the teaching of mapwork is fully explained. The study revealed that co-operative learning method can help students to achieve higher marks in mapwork. It is an instructional method that uses small groups of students working together to meet educational goals. The approach relies on interaction and interdependence and thus is especially suited to higher level conceptual tasks requiring problem-solving and decision-making.
Psychology of Education
M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

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HUNG, HSIAO-SHU, and 洪小淑. "A Study on the Multimedia Teaching Model in Geography Learning Achievement and Learning Anxiety at a Middle School." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66454555666813148564.

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吳鳳科技大學
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The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship of learning anxiety and learning achievement of middle school students’ geography learning. The questionnaire and survey methods are adopted in a middle school for sampling students of the study. The data are selected from the students of middle school first, second and third grade. Each grade has 2 classes’ students who were participating the program, and totally are 6 classes, 170 students. A total of 170 questionnaires were issued and 165 valid questionnaires data were collected, with 97.1% valid questionnaires. The method using in this research is the " Questionnaire of Geographic Learning Experience ", including asking students background variant (such as gender, grade, family economy situation, family structure status), teaching methods, mainly focus on the learn anxiety and achievement according to the variables. Anxiety in learning includes four aspects: worry, disgust, test anxiety, and stress perception. Learning achievement is based on their test results of the Second Test. Data were analyzed by the statistical software: SPSS 18.0 for Windows. The statistical methods are used in the research including descriptive statistics, t-test, single-factor variance analysis, Pearson product correlation and multiple regression analysis, in order to find out their correlations. The results of this study are as followings: 1.For the study anxiety in geography, middle school female students’ anxieties are higher than male students, and there is a statistically significant difference. 2.In terms of students’ grades, there is no statistically significant difference between learning anxiety and learning achievement. 3.The students' learning anxiety and learning achievement won’t be different because of the family economy and structure. There is no significant difference showing in the statistics. 4.According to the teaching styles, the digital teaching method relieves students’ learning anxiety, and helps students to get better geography grades or reach better achievement than the traditional teaching methods. 5.Students' learning anxiety is negatively correlated with their learning achievement. 6.Among the 4 aspects of the study anxiety, worry, test anxiety and pressure perception are significant predictive index to their achievements. According to the result of the study, it will provide the suggestions for teaching styles, school administration and future research in order to serve as reference for teaching practice and future research.

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"The impact of educational resources on the teaching and learning of geography in secondary schools." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3201.

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The advancing technology worldwide is a challenge to every creature on planet earth. People are thirsty for knowledge and resources to achieve their goals. Resource as the word implies is anything that a teacher can use to enhance a lesson. Resources then lead to the establishment of resource centres. Resource centres are where information or media materials are accessible. This place can keep resources such as computers, audio-visual resources, books and charts. Throughout the world researchers agree that for real learning to take place, learning and teaching must be as stimulating as possible, and this can be done through the use of different kinds of resources. The objective for writing this research report is to investigate the resources available to geography teachers. This project intends to inform all stakeholders in education about the impact of educational resources, in the light of overcrowded classrooms with few or no resources and the recruitment of too few and inadequately qualified teachers as is the norm today in rural areas of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa.
Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of Durban-Westville, 2000.

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