EXPERIENCING THE LANDSCAPE OF THE POTENGI NEIGHBORHOOD, IN NATAL/RN, THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY: THE PROPOSAL OF A TEACHING SEQUENCE FOR GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION IN THE 6TH GRADE
Landscape Teaching, Experience, Neighborhood, Photography, Didactic Sequence
Teaching about Landscape is a multifaceted exercise encompassing geographic, theoretical, didactic, and methodological dimensions. In contemporary times, landscapes are profoundly affected by human action, whether in social, economic, or cultural aspects. Framing this reflection within the field of Humanistic Geography, the concept of Landscape should be approached from the perspective of the subject's experience with space, seeking to understand the set of sensations, experiences, and meanings involved in this relationship, and which lead to conceptions about Landscape. In the context of Geographic Education, this approach can be mediated through photography, as a pedagogical-geographic language that enables the experience with space. This process requires the need for a formative path, which can be established through the elaboration of a didactic sequence. In this sense, this research aims to produce a didactic sequence for teaching Landscape in the 6th-grade Geography class, from the perspective of the experience with the space of the Potengi neighborhood, in Natal/RN, using photography as the mediating language for this pedagogical-geographic process. To achieve this objective, the methodological procedures presuppose a qualitative research, which is structured through exploratory research and field research. The exploratory research includes conducting literature review, based on theoretical references such as Cavalcanti (2010), Callai (2005), Dantas (2011), Gomes (2013), Holzer (1996), Merleau-Ponty (1999) and Zabala (1998) and documentary research, consulting the National Common Curricular Base. In addition, a questionnaire was applied to Geography teachers to consider teaching experiences for the elaboration of the didactic sequence. The field research, in turn, was developed at the Centro Educacional Progresso school, located in the Potengi neighborhood, in two 6th-grade classes, in order to experience the proposed didactic sequence. The results allow us to reflect on the educational potentialities of photography for teaching Landscape from the perspective of experience, while enabling the exploration of individual and collective experiences in space, as well as elaborating meanings for landscapes based on the sensations and emotions they provoke. In addition, the students' gaze when recording the landscapes stands out, which reveals a sensitivity and affection for nature, to the detriment of the advancement of urbanization in the studied neighborhood.