The didactic of teacher of geography: São Paulo city case

Author(s)

Maria das Graças de Lima

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2001-10-10

Examining board members

Ana Maria Marques Camargo Marangoni; Maria Aparecida de Aquino; Alice Yatiyo Asari; Roberto Braga; Jose Bueno Conti

• Advisor: Ana Maria Marques Camargo Marangoni

Abstract

This paper presents an explanation to the problems found in the teaching-learning process of Geography in São Paulo city`s schools. The bibliographical research included the educational production on the Reforms suggested by country system, the production on the pedagogical and course propasals suggested by the São Paulo states teaching system; and the production, so-called classical to the Brazilian Geography, regarding the institution period of its teaching in São Paulo state ending of the XIX Century and alapsing of the XX Century. This analyses plus the surveys carried out with the teachers (questionnaires and open interviews 1999/2000), made possible an interpretation to the problems found on this school subject teaching. Theanalyses made about the Reforms base documents, indicated a worrying limitation on the didactic questions, leading to the need of depth regarding the teaching institution in São Paulo state, reference acquired by reading the classics on Geography. The precursory organization experienced by the paulista system of teaching resulting from the needs imposed by the economical development, concentrated mainly on the necessary conditions for this process (didactics experiments, adoption of modern methods of teaching, course proposals accomplishment). This displacement to the state system demonstrated that the measures taken for its organization would have excessively contributed and influenced the proposals suggested by the country system. Demonstrated also the reflexes of the political collisions engaged by professors which positions were opposing. The research carried out about the Geography teacher`s formation and performance in São Paulo city (primary and high school systems) has permitted to recognize and understand their practice as the organization history reflex of both state and national teaching system. The bibliographical analyses doing and the survey carried out with the teachers, demonstrated that, airsing from the pedagogical knowledge, the problems result from the nondirect entailment between the teaching system and the Brazilian reality. And concerning the Geography knowledge, the foud problems result from the lack of researches about the possible relation between the didactic knowledge and the utilization of technical tools gathered by the area. The information arisen from the teachers, proved the lack of concerning on the didactic knowledge with the suggested proposals by the official offices, but, demonstrated also a peculiarity, that part of these teacher chow they are concerned about didactic knowledge. This peculiarity signals a possible answer to the problems found on Geography teaching-learning process, indicating also the urgency of reflection based on didactic questions and not only on the school system pedagogical ones (AU)