CONTEXTUALIZED EDUCATION IN SEMIARID: WHAT GEOGRAPHY HAS TO DO WITH IT?

Abstract

While school discipline, geography is one of the responsible for discussing issues related to the Brazilian semi-arid and must contextualize it, especially when working in schools that are located in the semiarid region itself. In this sense, the work has the general objective of understanding the role of geography at school perception of semiarid developed from discussions with students in the city of Novo Santo Antonio/PI. The specific objectives, they have: to understand how the semiarid region is perceived and taught at the Educational Center José Marcelo Pessoa; identify the perspective of the Geography teacher with respect to semi-arid; analyze the pedagogical practice of Geography contributes to civic education and better living of students in semiarid region. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, was established as a methodology, at first, the search for a theoretical framework that conceptually embasasse research, as Castrogiovanni, Callai and Kaercher (2004); Silva (2006); Lima (2010) and Reis (2010), among others. In a second step, a field research through interviews and finally took place, the collected data were analyzed. The research revealed the importance of contextual education and the Geography Teaching can help build awareness of the students about the environment in which they live.