A importância do ensino de cartografia nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental: uma abordagem a partir da Escola Wellington Pinto Fontes

Abstract

This research was designed and put into practice through the curiosity to know the reality of teaching Geography and Cartography in elementary school, having as a research field a public school in the city of São José da Tapera, state of Alagoas. In this sense, this research was divided into three chapters, which sought to understand the history of this discipline and its process of insertion in the school, the legal basis that involved and involves its teaching practices, above all, emphasizing the Common National Basis Curriculum which is the most recent text on the regulation of education in Brazil, and also brought an analysis of the profile of the teacher, students and the reality of the Wellington Pinto Fontes school. The chosen research method was qualitative and the instrument was the questionnaire. Through this, it can be concluded that the teaching process lacks didactic and pedagogical resources, as well as the appreciation and continuing education of the teacher, since it is common at this stage of teaching, training in Pedagogy by these professionals, who do not present property for a more specific teaching with regard to Geography.