O papel do livro didático no ensino de geografia na Escola Estadual Luiz Bastos em Canapi – AL

Abstract

Considering the importance of using the textbook in Geography teaching, often as the onlydidacticresource in publicschools, the needarose to investigate the role of the textbook in the context of Geography teaching at Luiz Bastos State School in the municipality of Canapi – AL. The investigationinto this topicstemsfrom the need for currentstudies and data at the municipal level in Canapi, Alagoas, as well as the importance of addressing the deficiencythateducation, as a former of thinking and activecitizens in society, faces, and needs to bestudied, at the same time that it shouldbeseen as the mostimportantvehicle for shapingsociety. The main objective of the research is to investigate the role of the textbook in the context of Geography teaching at Luiz Bastos State School in the municipality of Canapi – AL, primarilyusingmethodologicalresourcessuch as administeringquestionnaires to geography students and teachers to identifyhow the use of the geographytextbookfunctions and its contribution to the learning of high school students. In the field of education, with the globalized world, whosetransformationsdemand new knowledge, therehasarisen the requirement for new educational practices in anattempt to replacetraditionalideas in pedagogicalknowledgeformation, with the aim of discussing methods and educational practices. Thus, through the currentresearch, we are able to read the importance of the geographytextbook for teaching and its contribution as the mainavailable and fundamental didacticresource to assist the teacher in guiding students in basiceducation.