O mapa conceitual como recurso didático facilitador da aprendizagem significativa no ensino de geografia

Abstract

In the search to prove the efficiency of the concept map as a teaching resource in Geography, this monograph will present that it is a teaching resource that aims to facilitate understanding, fixing and memorization of content worked through the graphical representation that relates concepts and ideas. Thus, it promotes the organization and exposure of acquired knowledge, that is, it makes possible the meaningful learning of content through key concepts/key words, according to their conceptions. Thus, the following question led the research work: does the concept map act as a facilitator of meaningful learning in geography teaching? Based on this assumption, the overall objective of this research was to analyze the use of concept maps as a resource to facilitate meaningful learning in geography teaching in the first year of high school. To this end, a pedagogical experiment was applied as a facilitator of the teaching-learning process of Geography, through the study with 1st year high school classes in a public school in Teresina – PI. In relation to the specific objectives, it was delineated: to understand the conceptual maps as a facilitator didactic resource for the teaching and learning process of geographic knowledge; to apply the pedagogical experiment aiming to know the potentialities of the conceptual maps for the development of the learning process in school geography; and to suggest the insertion of the conceptual map so that it can diversify the learning in school geography. This research is of the descriptive, experimental, and qualitative type, and was investigated through bibliographic research, documentary research, field research, and analysis of the results obtained with the pedagogical experiment. The pedagogical or learning workshop is emphasized as an essential technique in the realization of the experiment applied. As results, it was possible to ratify the functionality of the concept map teaching resource, that is, being confirmed in its construction and application in geography teaching through the realization of the pedagogical workshop about it, as well as through the analysis of the questionnaires applied to students from two classes and the interview conducted with the geography teacher. It was verified, then, that the students obtained a significant learning experience, among other positive points, such as the socialization, that resulted in the improvement of the relationship between students and students and between the teacher and students. This paper suggests the construction and application of the concept map teaching resource through pedagogical workshops in geography classes as part of the school year schedule, because it is understood that this teaching resource can contribute as a conceptual organizer in the cognitive structure of students regarding themes worked in geography teaching, promoting meaningful learning