O ensino da geografia urbana: um livro paradidático para o estudo da cidade de Parelhas/RN

Abstract

Urban Geography object of study is the City. In this way, urban space is understood as a result of the way society is organized in places, where relationships of subjectivity are constructed throughout experiences. This research, guided by Humanist Geography, supported by phenomenological assumptions and based on theorists such as Yi-Fu Tuan (1983), Carlos (2007), Pessanha (2016), Cavalcanti (2012) and Côrrea (1989), considers that the production of urban space arises from different uses triggered by different social agents. The interest in the topic arose due to the reduced number of updated and contextualized information for the study of the city, as well as the aim of contributing to pedagogical practice in relation to the teaching and study of urban space in geography on a local scale. The city of Parelhas/RN was chosen as an empirical base for an investigation that aimed to produce the paradidactic book Cantos e enchants da city: a new look at the urban space of Parelhas/RN, in the context of the process of production and transformation of urban space serving as theoretical support for its organization into three chapters, aimed at the 6th year of Elementary School – Final Years, which present the process of configuring urban space, highlighting the historical, social and cultural aspects of the city and identifying characteristics of this study in a local dimension. The writing of this paradidactic material represents an effort to enrich the teaching of School Geography, being content that acquires relevance and meaning for the student when addressing the reality of the place where they live their daily experiences.