the importance of fieldwork in geography: experiences and perceptions of students in the discipline of urban geography - UNIFESSPA

Abstract

This  study  has  as  its  initial  motivation  the  theoretical  and  practical  discussions  promoted  by  the discipline  of  Urban  Geography  offered  in  the  Degree  in  Geography  at  the  Federal  University  of  the South and Southeast of Pará (Unifesspa). This discipline aimed to: understand the theoretical bases of the study of the city and the urban, in order to allow an analysis of contemporary processes of urban dynamics, highlighting as a practical methodology: Field Work, carried out in the city ofMarabá -Pará. This  article  reflects  a  qualitative  and  descriptive  perspective,  divided  into  three  moments:  1) Bibliographic and Documentary Analysis; 2) Report of field practice and 3) Application and analysis of opinion questionnaires, answered by students who participated in the field. Through field practice, it is expected that it can significantly contribute to the teaching-learning process of students, since it enables the development of a more critical perception of the reality in which they are inserted, including social and political relationships. and economic, which materializes and permeates geographic space. In this sense,  therefore,  fieldwork  can  be  understood  as  an  essential  step  in  the  formation  of  students  in Geography, by providing the interactions of phenomena, considering the locus in the approximation and systematization  of  theory-practice,  in  addition  to  its  use  by  future  Geography  teachers  from  the perspective of basic education in school teaching, working from the perspective of place, from the local to the global.