THE VIDEO AS LANGUAGE IN THE STUDY OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL LANDSCAPE: EXPERIENCES AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES IN THE DISTRICT OF ALECRIM - NATAL / RN
Education; Geography; Landscape; Videographic language; Image.
The landscape is one of the fundamental concepts of geography and also present in other areas of knowledge, such as architecture and art, as far as Education is concerned, it is a concept that is linked to various contents and themes, thus being trajectory, a term of potential unfolding in other senses and tends to inspire diverse interpretations helping in the construction of knowledge and knowledge. On the other hand, in addition to the languages already used in the school as the writing, the image, especially from the use of the videographic language, starts to stand out more and more in the daily life of students and teachers mainly through the accelerated technical advance that has the poorest classes, especially the young populations, of objects that not long ago only the audiovisual industry and socially privileged groups among the populations had access, that is, videographic language through the popularization of mobile phones and digital cameras have been transforming in what way habits, culture and above all, ways of learning and teaching both in school space and beyond? In what ways can the geography teacher use this language to promote learning and guide the construction of knowledge? How can conceptual learning, especially with regard to landscape, occur from the use and its relations with videographic language? Based on these questions the present work presents a brief study about the concept of landscape in geography, the emergence, presence and influence of videographic language in society and especially in the educational sphere and how the language was used in a public institution in the city of Natal / RN, namely the Padre Miguelinho Institute, based on a brief theoretical study, the execution of workshops (practical application) and the use of this language from experiments by groups of students of a class of the third series of this institution, in particular emphasizing the study of landscapes and learning outside the school space, namely, Alecrim, the old quarter of the city and where the school unit is located.