Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Teaching Geography Methodology II

Code

722160056

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Geografia e Planeamento Regional

Credits

5

Teacher in charge

Fernando Ribeiro Martins

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

a) Using several resources and strategies for teaching Geography.
b) recognize the usefulness of planning education.
c) Apply certain models of planning in specific courses.
d) Understand the meaning of individual and social assessment.
e) Exercising various assessment tools.
f) Develop tests in Geography.
g) To be aware of the social importance of the teaching role.

Prerequisites

Didática da Geografia I (Didactics of Geography I)

Subject matter

(Following the contents of Teaching Geography Methodology I)
Part IV: Geographic education.
4.1. Geographic education: the discourse practices of the curriculum;
4.2. The challenges of teaching in geography.
4.3. Planning versus Evaluation.

Part V: Evaluation in the teaching - learning of Geography.
5.1. The problem of evaluation;
5.2. Types of evaluation;
5.3. Assessment in Geography: practices and tools;
5.4. Types of questions;
5.5. Recording, processing and interpretation of results.

Bibliography

Cachinho, Herculano e al; Educação Geográfica 15, Associação Portuguesa de Geógrafos, 2001
Jimenez, Antonio Moreno, Gaité, Maria de Jesus; Enseñar Geografia De la Teoria a la prática, Editorial Sinteses, 1996.
Marrón Gaite, M. J. et al – La formatión geografica de los ciudadanos en el cambio del milenio, Univ. Complutense de Madrid, 2001.
Xouto González, Xosé Manuel; Didáctica de la Geografia. Problemas sociales y conocimiento del médio, Ediciones del Serbal, 1996.

Teaching method

Discussion and debate of different teaching methodologies.
Resolution individual / group exercises.
Discussion of different assessment instruments.
Designing teaching materials and assessment tools.

Evaluation method

Method of assessment
Planning a teaching unit and a lesson.
Preparation of training records.
Designing assessment tools (test and chips)
Individual and group.
Participation and evaluation work in the classroom.

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