THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GAME "EXPLORING THE LANDSCAPE": CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY.
Cartographic Literacy; Landscape; Significant Learning; Multiple Intelligences; Games in the Teaching of Geography.
The present study aims to create the game entitled "Exploring the Landscape", and its contributions to the teaching of geography. The proposal is a result of the teaching practices developed in 6th grade classes of elementary school II, and constitutes an innovative didactic resource in the teaching and learning process of geographic science. The theoretical assumptions surrounding the construction of this study and of the game are based on authors discussing the cartographic literacy process, the concept of landscape and its transformations over time, as well as using discussions about the theory of Significant Learning, theory of Multiple Intelligences, and the studies on the importance of the use of games as important didactic resources in the teaching of geography. Regarding the methodological procedures, the study and the game were preceded by bibliographical research, observations of geography classes in two classes of the 6th grade of Elementary School of a state public school in the city of Natal / RN, as well as by the application of diagnostic questionnaires for the student audience, who guided the creative process of the resource. Thus, we believe that the game can serve as an important learning tool for teaching geographic science, assisting teachers and students in their conceptual constructions and developing their skills in interpreting the various everyday phenomena. In the same way, we hope that the game can be used by teachers of different levels of education, bringing contributions to the formation of geographic reasoning.