A importância das aulas de campo para o ensino de geografia no ensino fundamental.

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the perception of teachers and students about the importance of field classes in teaching geography in teaching II at the Doctor Jarismar Gonçalves Melo Elementary School, in the municipality of Ipaumirim, Ceará. It is a field study, with an imprint descriptive and qualitative study, whose sample consisted of 25 students from a 9th grade year. Data collection was performed by applying a questionnaire to the teacher and students and the data analysis was performed from the approach involving discussions based on critical positioning regarding to the findings. The results showed, from the teacher's point of view interviewed that field classes are important but depend on support from the school management and the availability of human and material resources, while From the students' point of view, field classes are fundamental, but they are not performed by the teacher. The study concluded that, despite the importance of field lessons, many difficulties still stand in the way of making it difficult to implementation of this strategy in a larger number of classes.