Reflections on a geographical cosmography and guidance workshop: writing reports of pibid geography practice ufsm 2018

Abstract

Thinking about the relationship between cosmography and geographical orientation is fundamental for the development of notions about spatial location in students of basic education. Thus, the scholarship holders of the Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID), Geography subproject, of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria(UFSM), thought of thepresent pedagogical practice to be developed in their classes in the second semester of 2018. With Based on this, the present work aims to present and discuss a pedagogical workshop on cosmography and geographic orientation conducted by the PIBID UFSM Geography fellows at Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Junto ao CAIC Luizinho de Grandi, located in the southern administrative region of Santa Maria/RS. The workshop was held with two 7th grade classes. For the workshop, the scholarship students first observed two classes in each class and briefly learned about the students' context. At this time of observation, they conducted a survey of topics of interest of students to define which subject could address. Afterwards, they developed a lesson planfor the workshop and organized the materials needed to perform the practices. Finally, they applied the activities and systematized this text reflecting on the pedagogical proposal undertaken. The workshop motivated the students when the resumption of thethemes that had already been worked on the previous year and helped in the construction and revival of the geographic knowledge about the theme