MIND MAPS IN EJA: EXPERIENCES OF USE AS A LEARNING STRATEGY
MindMaps, Youth and Adult Education, Teaching-Learning.
This research aims to present mental maps as a strategy for use in learning, having as subjects the students of Youth and Adult Education (EJA), specifically the students of the cycle V of the Escola Cidadã Integral Técnica Estadual (ECIT) Enéas Carvalho, located in Santa Rita, metropolitan region of João Pessoa - Paraíba. The research was divided into three stages: The first part consisted of a data survey through the study of the epistemological culture circle (CPB) suggested by Romão et al (2006), which is a derivation of the Culture Circle proposed by Freire (1967). . This survey served to verify problems, needs and motivations of students regarding learning and specificities of the subjects. From this survey, it was possible to define the ideal language to be worked on the learning object built in the second stage, which was a slide show with multimedia resources to assist the subjects in the construction and use of mind maps. This object was presented to students through a workshop. We use as theoretical basis the fundamentals of mental map elaboration suggested by Buzán (1996) as well as the studies of the visual elements found in design from Samara (2010 and 2011), Dondis (2007), Lupton and Phillips (2015). The third and last stage of the research was the construction of mental maps based on a content of the history discipline, where we were able to analyze their contributions as a learning aid.