O ensino sobre a cidade no primeiro ano do ensino médio em Teresina/PI

Abstract

The present study, entitled Teaching About the City in Geography Classes in the First Year of High School in Teresina-PI, emerged from the need to examine how the concept of the city is addressed in high school education, specifically in the first-year classes of state public schools in Teresina. Methodologically, this is an applied research project grounded in a qualitative-quantitative analysis. It is descriptive in nature and utilizes bibliographic and documentary research as technical procedures. Additionally, structured interviews and fieldwork were conducted. The general objective of this study is to identify how the concept of the city is being addressed in geography teaching within public basic education. The specific objectives are as follows: to examine how urban content is being taught in firstyear high school geography classes; to describe how the notion of the city is approached in two geography textbooks used in the first year of high school; and to propose strategies for teaching about the city in geography classes. The research findings revealed that approaches to teaching about the city vary between the two schools studied. In one school, the instructor adopts a more contentcentered approach, relying heavily on the textbook, which—due to recent changes in the national high school curriculum—provides inadequate coverage of urban topics. In contrast, the second instructor employs a more flexible methodology, going beyond the textbook, which they consider insufficient and in need of supplementation, particularly because the material on urban content is notably vague. As a pedagogical suggestion for improving the teaching of urban topics in high school geography, the study recommends the use of field trips, the creation of hand-drawn maps or croquis by students of their streets or neighborhoods—presented, for example, at school fairs—and the use of photographic archives to illustrate the historical development and spatial transformation of the city of Teresina-PI