A geografia nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental

Abstract

This research was developed, became fullfilled in the Federal University of Saint Maria in the course of Specialization in Geociências, intitled as "Geography in the Initial Years of Basic Ensino", looked for to make a study to understand and to clarify as the processes occur that are involved with this thematic one. Through the document analysis as National Curricular Parameters (PCNs) and Standard Referencial de Currículo (PRC), of interviews with professors of Initial, Coordinating Years of course of Pedagogia, professors of the course of Pedagogia who give to lesson of geographic contents and heads of department of the course of Pedagogia and of bibliographies that approach the subject of the research. With the analysis of the gotten data some considerações can be made on this process. Documents PCNs and PRC very bring similar objectives for education of geography for the Initial Years of Basic Ensino revealing worried about the formation human being of the pupil, already the professors of Initial Years want to pass to its pupil information on world that the fence. The courses of Pedagogia of the UFSM prepare the professors so that they know as to give to a good lesson approaching subjects of any science and the geography professionals are worried in making with that the child perceives the importance of if having lessons of geography in the Initial Years of Basic Ensino, so that this child develops itself as a critical and conscientious human being of its real paper in the relation man-nature.