Ensinar a "cidade" no ensino básico

• Main Author: Maria Helena Fidalgo Esteves
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: CEG 2006-06-01
• Series: Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia
• Subjects: Urban geography; School geography; Curricular reform; textbooks.
• Online Access: http://www.ceg.ul.pt/finisterra/numeros/2006-81/81_10.pdf

TEACHING ABOUT THE CITY IN COMPULSORY SCHOOL. This paper aims at analysing the study of the city in today’s Geography programmes and some textbooks currently in use. The recent curricular reform in Geography has bought a new approach to the subject: the most important issue is now the development of essential skills, contrary to former programmes of study more centred on the memorisation of scientific content. Geography textbooks have also been reformulated in order to adequately respond to this challenge of educating geographically skilled citizens. The study of the city remains an important part of this new Geography curriculum, but few changes have been made considering the scientific content in the previous curricula, at least in the way textbooks approach this subject.