Aprender a ensinar Geografia para as séries iniciais: as contribuições da disciplina saberes e metodologias do ensino de Geografia na formação do/a professor/a pedagogo/a

Abstract

This work at the Federal University of Alagoas - Sertão Campus, was general objective to reflect on the importance of the discipline "Knowledge and Methodology of Teaching Geography" (SMEG) in the educational process of the teacher / pedagogue with regard to their professional practice together with the teaching of Geography in the initial grades. In order to carry out the research, we used the qualitative approach, in which the case study was used as a methodology along with the specific bibliographical references that deal with the teaching of Geography in the initial grades, teacher training and others. As a data collection instrument, questionnaires were applied to the students of the 7th (seventh) and 8th (eighth) years of the UFAL pedagogy course - Sertão Campus - Delmiro Gouveia Unit, AL - as well as the report of the formative experiences of these students from activities developed during the period of the supervised stage III focusing on the regency of the Geography classes. Considering the analysis of these vectors, it was verified that the SMEG discipline contributes to the formation of future pedagogues highlighting the pertinence of the theoretical and methodological approaches and significant experiences that corroborate to the experiences of initial formation of these subjects enabling the development of knowledge and geographic activities basics for the teaching of Geography in the first years of elementary school.