The school as place: a reading from the teaching of geography
School culture. Teaching geography. Geographical categories. Artistic intervention.
Having the school as the object of research means having a whole range of possible investigations, because within each school there are various characteristics and particularities that can be investigated. This study was carried out within the research line: knowledge and knowledge of geography in the school space, and sought to understand how the school can be constituted as a place of identification for students. Its main objective was to understand whether the
the teaching-learning process of the geographical categories of place and landscape could help students to perceive and understand geographical space, based on the problematisation of students' daily experiences in the school. To this end, the research sought to identify characteristics of the school culture that exist in the institution that could contribute to the teaching of geography, exploring the functions and potential of the intersections between geography and art at school. It was realised that the experience of students in the different environments of the school is full of pedagogical potential and is considered an important strategy for developing socially significant learning. In order to meet the objectives of the professional master's programme in geography teaching, a didactic sequence was developed as an educational product.
conceptual appropriation of the geographical categories of place and landscape, taking their experiences in the school environment as a starting point. There is a need for specific studies on the school institution, analysing it as a social construction, making it possible to understand the meanings produced by students in this complex system of human relationships that make up the school and school culture. This work was carried out with the support of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - Brazil (CAPES) - Funding Code 001.