Research Practice in Geography Teaching

Recommended Prerequisites

Students must have basic knowledge of geography terminology, didactics and pedagogy.

Teaching Methods

- Lectures;
- Reading of scientific texts and varied literature review;
- Content Debate;
- Oral presentation of work.

 

Learning Outcomes

Objectives:

- Understand the specificity of research in Geography;

- Identify the research strategies suitable to different socio-educational contexts;

- Recognize the importance of participative research;

- Understand the dynamics, the validity of various methods and techniques in Geography teaching in basic education and high school.

Skills:

- Prepare work tools that allow the active participation of students in geographic research;

- Organize study visits adequate to the syllabus of the discipline of geography in primary and secondary education;

- Designe the structure of a study group in the school context on a geographic theme.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Theme 1 - Research in class context: the importance of a Geography course

Theme 2 - Investigative practices in a school settings: adopt strategies according to the class, the school and the community

Theme 3 - The challenges and the validity of participative research

Theme 4 - Research-action and Geography specificity:

4.1 - Quantitative and qualitative approaches

4.2 – Work strategies: from individual observation to group work

4.3 - The map and the fieldwork

4.4 - The specific work groups and the "clubs".

Head Lecturer(s)

Adélia Jesus Nobre Nunes

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Project: 70.0%

Bibliography

Bell, J. (2008). Como realizar um projecto de investigação. Lisboa: Gradiva.

Estrela, A.; Ferreira, J. (Org.) (2001). Investigação em educação: métodos e técnicas. Lisboa: Educa.

Medeiros, C.A. (2005). Geografia de Portugal (Vol.1,2,3,4). Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.

Mérenne-Schoumaker, B. (1999). Didáctica da Geografia. Porto: Edições Asa.

Oliveira, L.; Pereira, A.; Santiago, R. (2004). Investigação em educação. Abordagens conceptuais e práticas.

Quivy, R. ; Campenhoudt, L. (2008). Manual de investigação em Ciências Sociais. Gradiva: Lisboa.

Ribeiro, O. (2012). O ensino da Geografia. Porto: Porto Editora.

Velez de Castro, F. (2009). 10 Ideias para trabalhar em Área de Projecto. Lisboa: Impala.