O uso do livro didático de Geografia como elemento mediador na aprendizagem no Ensino Médio Politécnico

Abstract

The following research has the main objective to evaluate the textbook role in the context of the new Polytechnic High School proposal. The study took in count, specifically, the area of Human Sciences and its technologies, in which geography is included. Another objective is to understand how the insertion and suiting processes have happened at the state schools in the city of Pelotas-RS, as well as to investigate the possibilities and difficulties found in its setting. The schools delimitation criteria had, as a parameter, an interview held with a person from 5ª CRE – Regional Education Coordination of the city of Pelotas/RS, that was responsible for the Polytechnic High School proprosal insertion. Four schools were chosen, and to reach the proprosed objectives, three steps were taken. First, a bibliographic research was made on brazilian education, Geography teaching, Polytechnic High Schools, and textbooks throughout the entire work’s execution. Second, a documentary research was made to detect the built conception of teaching and how it has been discussed to clarify the transformations and influences that impact on selection and presentation of high school content. Third, a field research was conducted using, as a data gathering tool, interviews with Polytechnic High Schoolteachers – in the Human Sciences and its technologies area to evaluate the textbook use in this context. It was observed through the field research analysis that the textbook does not contemplate its needs for the Polytechnic High School. For the teachers, the textbook is still an essential tool on their daily work.