A CONSTRUÇÃO DO CONHECIMENTO E NOÇÃO ESPACIAL – UMA INVESTIGAÇÃO PROMOVIDA EM SEMINÁRIOS DE CAPACITAÇÃO EM MAPAS E MAQUETES PARA PROFESSORES DE GEOGRAFIA E HISTÓRIA EM FAXINAL DO CÉU, PARANÁ

Abstract

The construction in the space notion is essential to understand geographical concepts. This study is about the pedagogical practice by the geography and history teachers attending the course of qualification over the construction of maps and models at the qualification center in Faxinal do Céu city – The Professor’ s University, during the period from November of 2001 to October of 2002. The theoretical base is the Jean Piaget s psychology and genetic epistemology. By means of interviews and questionnaires, we have investigated the understanding the teachers have about space and how children develop information indicate: the necessity of having a bigger experimental directioning of the notions of space during the formation process, the necessity of planning the pedagogical action as an internalization of actions, making possible a better acknowledged reading and representation of space.