E elaboração de metodologias nas aulas de Geografia do ensino médio a partir das TIC: estudo de caso em uma escola pública de Erechim - RS

Abstract

The teaching of Geography enables the integration between the technologies and the subjects worked in class, because subjects like scenery, territory, space, networks and places always provide a daily look at the students’ life and in this way the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for the construction of the students’ knowledge has a lot to contribute. This study aimed to conduct an investigation concerning the possibility of High School students from a public school in Erechim, Brazil, take part in the construction of methodologies in Geography classes mediated by the ICTs. The methodology of work was based in an exploratory research that had a development in three stages: the first is associated with a bibliographic review from authors linked to the study that contributed to the understanding of the subject discussed. The second stage is related to an interview performed with nine High School students from a public school in Erechim, Brazil, which enabled to identify how the ICTs are used by the students. The third and last stage is linked to an intervention at school with the students who participated from the second part of the research. In this part, the objective was to build with them a class methodology concerning to a Geography subject from the use of the ICTs. From the analysis performed, let us show that the use of the ICTs contributes for the students learning, as well as, enables the interaction between them with the content and the teachers, making them more participatory, or in other words, a part of the teaching learning process. Besides, let us point that developing methodologies in the collaborative way allows us to make a moment at school more significant and using the technological resources, the Geographic classes end up being part of students’ life, but also provides them more autonomy to develop and socialize the knowledge built.