O ensino da Geografia através do estudo de campo nas feiras livres

Abstract

Fieldwork can be considered as a methodological and interaction resource, which seeks to assist in the teaching and learning process. In this perspective, we present the open market as a partner tool for the Geography teacher, bringing a methodological proposal, adopting Field activities to better understand environmental education around open fairs, observing a place of great socialization. Although the fairs do not show a relationship with school education, they are constituted in environments full of geographic content. Thus, going into the field, students can observe the importance of fairs for marketers who depend solely on this work, as well as customers who do not need to travel to other more distant locations, as in addition to providing quality food for the population, they also contribute with the local economy of the region. We present a history of open fairs and the main Brazilian fairs, establishing social and environmental relations that encompass the entire geographic space.