TITLE:
Enforcement of the Use of Cartography in Geography in High School
AUTHORS:
José Falcão Sobrinho, Maria Raianede Mesquita Gomes, Marcos Venicios Ribeiro Mendes, Maria Thays Menezes Silva, Alvaro Andrade Dourado
KEYWORDS:
Geography, Cartography, High School
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.6,
June
28,
2019
ABSTRACT: The following article has an objective to report the lived experience of the enforceability of cartography in geography. In each opportunity, this research has aimed its gaze to the content of urbanization attached to a cartographic knowledge, considering that it leads students to a comprehension of the geographical area and the reality of the world. At first, this work has been based on targeted literature reviews by developing practical activities using images from artificial satellites (Google Earth), according to the content from the textbook studied by the high school 2-year class at Jarbas Passarinho School. While applying such activities, it has been noticed some difficulties which both students and teachers have when dealing with cartography; however the proposed exercises made the content comprehension easy. Hence, such practical activities have reached its goals in doing mediation between geography and cartography, since it has contributed in a positive way in students’ learning.