TECNOLOGIAS GEOCOLABORATIVAS NA EDUCAÇÃO GEOGRÁFICA: PROPOSTA DIDÁTICA PARA O ENSINO MÉDIO

Abstract

In this reasearch, we aim to produce some knowledge about the use of geocolaborative technologies in geography teaching, intending to educate citizens. So, at school, the teacher who usually did not use a lot of technological devices, now appeals to different technologies, in order to achieve his or her goals. Therefore, in the education context, this work will adopt the term geocolaborative technologies, in other words, any technologies which use images, texts and informatization to analyse territory. Consequently, the general objective of the research is to analyse the potential and the limits of geocolaborative technologies in the development of geographic thinking, in the geography teaching and in the knowlwdge production about local territory, seeking the tutorship of contextualized geography and the citizenship training. With this purpose, a partnership between Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste – UNICENTRO and Universidade de Lisboa took place to implement the extension project Nós Propomos! Since the geocolaborative technologies were integrated, we realized it brings an infinitude of possibilities, either approximating the student to new technologies or innovating as a teaching methodology. This appropriation stands out when the subject relates to the students’ daily life, because it stops being disconnected from their reality and it turns into a meaningful teaching. For that reason, it creates some empathy among the students, since they already have daily experiences that, when related to the subject, facilitate the understanding process and the concept internalization.