Contextualizando o ensino de geografia: um mergulho no ciclo hidrológico.

Abstract

The hydrological cycle is a natural phenomenon of extreme importance for the survival of societies present in nature. The understanding of this important subject dealt with in textbooks cannot be dissociated from the natural space in which the citizen lives. In this way, the teaching professional needs to develop a contextualization of the space, when characterizing its functioning, stages and phases, thus encompassing the geographic regions in which this cycle is present, in its concepts and exemplifications. Existing in the textbook, the presence of a transposition of knowledge will facilitate the process of methodological application of the teacher. The study takes place from the bibliographic research developed in didactic books of the sixth in elementary school, early years, entitled: Geography, the natural space and human action by authors J. William Valentine and Vânia Vlach and the book Expeditors Geographical, by authors Melhem Adas and Sergio Adas. The different collections allow the author a divergent view on the subject from the collection and analysis of data about the disposition of this content, evidencing how it is structured in the chapters and units of the book, its order of distribution according to the most varied climate and biomes. Of Brazil. The research results show that this contextualization does not occur in the analyzed collections, where they only treat the hydrological cycle in a general and conceptual way, without deepening it through each biome and Brazilian geographic region, especially the semi-arid biome, focus of the study. A unique biome on the entire planet, called Caatinga, needs, in textbooks, a greater depth about the functioning of the phases and stages of its unique hydrological cycle. Bringing this experience to students and providing greater knowledge of the region where they live, correlated with fundamental themes, increasingly foster the process of cognitive development of individuals, enabling them to be increasingly interconnected with the landscape of the space where they live.