O Processo de Alfabetização: considerações sobre o Ensino de Geografia

Abstract

This work conducts a study on the relevance of the process of Literacy in Geography, highlighting the demands it seeks to address and, thereby, contributing to the teaching of Geography. Although this topic does not have an extensive bibliography, it has already generated a certain amount of discussion and specific materials within national literature, but so far there has been no attempt at systematic organization or deeper exploration of the existing work. Initially, the goal was to review this literature through a bibliographic review, where definitions and approaches to the issue are studied. Then, the work seeks to deepen the qualitative analysis by suggesting possible 'theoretical-methodological paths' for studying the subject, which are essentially the synthesis of general contributions indicated in the literature and form a possible trajectory for addressing the challenges related to the process of literacy in geography. Finally, an analysis is presented regarding the teaching of Geography in the capitalist context and its relationship with Literacy in Geography, which is proposed as the period of introducing students in the early years to issues related to Geographic Science. The central objectives of this study are to examine the relevance of the process—understood here as the significance (or lack thereof) of the discussion—as well as to organize the conclusions already reached in previous works and point out questions for future research.