GEODIVERSITY OF SÃO GONÇALO DO AMARANTE (RIO GRANDE DO NORTE): TEACHER GUIDANCE GUIDE FOR THE FINAL YEARS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Geodiversity. ebook. Meaningful learning. Teachers. Geography.
Among the themes that have recently emerged in the academic environment, there is geodiversity,
which corresponds to the variety of elements and processes integrated into the abiotic environment
(geological diversity, geomorphodiversity, pedodiversity, hydrodiversity, climate diversity), in any
form, spatial and temporal scales and interaction modes. Thus, this research aimed to develop a digital
material (orientation guide), through which teachers will understand the concept of geodiversity and its
relationship with the Geography curriculum for the final years of elementary school. In addition, they
will see how to approach this theme in the classroom, through proposals for activities that are
highlighted throughout the material, emphasizing the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante (Rio
Grande do Norte). For that, the following specific objectives were delimited: to express the importance
of geodiversity for the teaching of Geography in the final years of elementary school; to analyze how
geodiversity is inserted in the Geography teaching curriculum in the final years of elementary school;
discuss how geodiversity comprises content that contributes to meaningful student learning;
characterize, from an environmental point of view, the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante (Rio
Grande do Norte); and exemplify didactic proposals that can be built in the classroom when addressing
geodiversity in the final years of elementary school. Some of the activities were applied in classes at
the Genésio Cabral de Macêdo Municipal School, located in the Golandim neighborhood (São
Gonçalo do Amarante). It is hoped that the material developed can contribute to improving the quality
of Geography teaching, providing theoretical and practical subsidies for teachers with regard to the
approach to geodiversity in the final years of elementary school.