The main purpose of this thesis is to persuade if requirements of geography syllabus and schoolwork are conform to the 6th form children psychological abilities with reference B. S. Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive skills. 11 – 13 years old children are in-between period of middle childhood and adolescence. That is why some of them are grown enough for upper abstractive hypothetical thinking and some of them – not yet. According to executed psychological research pupils are able to do tasks of synthesis, knowledge, conception and application the best, though analysis and evaluation is still quite complicated. The norms of geography education include all steps of cognitive skills. The newest geography textbook satisfies both requirements and available skills. The preview one is orientated to knowledge and comprehension mostly and because of this reason it is not able to cover all the syllabus need. The textbook’s content, geography syllabus and pupils abilities work in with knowledge, comprehension, analysis and application level the best.

Nesta investigação, tivemos como problema central a análise sobre a consciência e a mediação no ato didático dos professores de Geografia de sete escolas nos municípios de São Gonçalo-RJ, Itaboraí-RJ e São Paulo-SP. Partimos do pressuposto que a consciência é o ato primitivo do ser humano em agir sobre sua necessidade. Desta maneira, a necessidade do professor seria mediar os conhecimentos no caso da pesquisa os geográficos. Assim, a mediação seria o processo de conhecimento significativo que se caracteriza em transmitir para o outro, o próprio conhecimento e as experiências para uma aprendizagem significativa. Entender como os professores organizam as suas ações em sala de aula, é uma forma de refletir sobre as concepções didático-pedagógicas e geográficas contemporâneas. A partir da percepção sobre a consciência e a mediação, pudemos pensar sobre quem são eles, como são as escolas, os alunos e as possíveis ações intencionais nas práticas educativas cotidianas, na elaboração do processo de ensino e de aprendizagem em Geografia. Para tanto, como fundamentos metodológicos utilizamos a etnografia escolar, que tem como objetivo a interpretação de como compreender o mundo do outro ou de aprender como as pessoas agem sobre algo, sobre as necessidades, sobre as pessoas. Neste caso, buscamos entender como agem os professores em seu território vivido a sala de aula e as interações com os alunos e o saber, decorrente do trabalho de ensinar. Desta maneira, utilizamos como instrumento de pesquisa às observações das aulas, pois vivenciamos e analisamos as diferentes formas de interpretação dos professores sobre o ensinar Geografia. Além disso, buscamos nas análises das respostas dos questionários e entrevistas, organizar as principais concepções dos professores a respeito dos seus trabalhos, para entender como são concebidas à consciência e à mediação a partir das ações didáticas no ato de ensinar. Concepções essas, vinculadas ao papel da Geografia Escolar, às abordagens pedagógicas, à relação aos meios de ensino, às atividades de aprendizagem, a territorialidade, aos conhecimentos dos professores em relação à Geografia e à Didática. Desta maneira, notamos ao final da pesquisa, depois dessas análises que os professores têm consciência sobre seu ato de trabalho em determinados momentos; e em outros, percebemos a dificuldade de pensar sobre as suas aulas, principalmente em relação aos conhecimentos que ajudam a refletir sobre o processo de mediação do conhecimento geográfico. / In this research, we had as central problem, the analysis on the consciousness and the mediation in the didactic act of geography teachers from seven schools in the municipalities of São Gonçalo-RJ, Itaboraí- RJ and São Paulo-SP. On the assumption that consciousness is the primitive act of humans to act on their needs. In this way, the teachers` need would be to mediate knowledge in the case of research the geographical coverage. Then, the mediation would be the significant process of knowledge characterized in transmitting for the other one, his/her knowledge and experiences to a significant learning. Understanding how the teachers organize their didactic actions is a way to reflect on the didactic and pedagogical conceptions and contemporary geography. From the perception about consciousness and mediation, we could think of who are these teachers, as are schools, students and the intentional action of everyday educational practices in the elaboration of the process of teaching and learning Geography. For this study, we work with ethnographic methodology as methodological basis that enable us to understand other peoples world or to figure out how people act on something, about their needs and another people. We research on how teachers act in their own work places the classroom, as well as, the interaction with students and knowledge. In this way, we use the observation of teachers´ classes as an instrument, in order to analyze the different ways teachers interpreted their act of teaching Geography. Besides that, we analyze the questionnaires` answers and interviews to organize the main conceptions of teachers about their own word, and so, to understand how the consciouness and mediation are conceived, from their didactic acts. These conceptions are linked to the role of School Geography; the teaching; the relationship to the means of education and learning activies; the territorial theme and teachers´ knowledge in the relation to Geography and Didactic. Thus, in the end of this research, we notice, after these analysis, that teachers present consciousness about their work in some moments, but in other ones, we perceive some difficulties in thinking about their classes, principally in relation to knowledge important to help them how to reflect upon the mediation process of geographical knowledge.

Nesta investigação, tivemos como problema central a análise sobre a consciência e a mediação no ato didático dos professores de Geografia de sete escolas nos municípios de São Gonçalo-RJ, Itaboraí-RJ e São Paulo-SP. Partimos do pressuposto que a consciência é o ato primitivo do ser humano em agir sobre sua necessidade. Desta maneira, a necessidade do professor seria mediar os conhecimentos no caso da pesquisa os geográficos. Assim, a mediação seria o processo de conhecimento significativo que se caracteriza em transmitir para o outro, o próprio conhecimento e as experiências para uma aprendizagem significativa. Entender como os professores organizam as suas ações em sala de aula, é uma forma de refletir sobre as concepções didático-pedagógicas e geográficas contemporâneas. A partir da percepção sobre a consciência e a mediação, pudemos pensar sobre quem são eles, como são as escolas, os alunos e as possíveis ações intencionais nas práticas educativas cotidianas, na elaboração do processo de ensino e de aprendizagem em Geografia. Para tanto, como fundamentos metodológicos utilizamos a etnografia escolar, que tem como objetivo a interpretação de como compreender o mundo do outro ou de aprender como as pessoas agem sobre algo, sobre as necessidades, sobre as pessoas. Neste caso, buscamos entender como agem os professores em seu território vivido a sala de aula e as interações com os alunos e o saber, decorrente do trabalho de ensinar. Desta maneira, utilizamos como instrumento de pesquisa às observações das aulas, pois vivenciamos e analisamos as diferentes formas de interpretação dos professores sobre o ensinar Geografia. Além disso, buscamos nas análises das respostas dos questionários e entrevistas, organizar as principais concepções dos professores a respeito dos seus trabalhos, para entender como são concebidas à consciência e à mediação a partir das ações didáticas no ato de ensinar. Concepções essas, vinculadas ao papel da Geografia Escolar, às abordagens pedagógicas, à relação aos meios de ensino, às atividades de aprendizagem, a territorialidade, aos conhecimentos dos professores em relação à Geografia e à Didática. Desta maneira, notamos ao final da pesquisa, depois dessas análises que os professores têm consciência sobre seu ato de trabalho em determinados momentos; e em outros, percebemos a dificuldade de pensar sobre as suas aulas, principalmente em relação aos conhecimentos que ajudam a refletir sobre o processo de mediação do conhecimento geográfico. / In this research, we had as central problem, the analysis on the consciousness and the mediation in the didactic act of geography teachers from seven schools in the municipalities of São Gonçalo-RJ, Itaboraí- RJ and São Paulo-SP. On the assumption that consciousness is the primitive act of humans to act on their needs. In this way, the teachers` need would be to mediate knowledge in the case of research the geographical coverage. Then, the mediation would be the significant process of knowledge characterized in transmitting for the other one, his/her knowledge and experiences to a significant learning. Understanding how the teachers organize their didactic actions is a way to reflect on the didactic and pedagogical conceptions and contemporary geography. From the perception about consciousness and mediation, we could think of who are these teachers, as are schools, students and the intentional action of everyday educational practices in the elaboration of the process of teaching and learning Geography. For this study, we work with ethnographic methodology as methodological basis that enable us to understand other peoples world or to figure out how people act on something, about their needs and another people. We research on how teachers act in their own work places the classroom, as well as, the interaction with students and knowledge. In this way, we use the observation of teachers´ classes as an instrument, in order to analyze the different ways teachers interpreted their act of teaching Geography. Besides that, we analyze the questionnaires` answers and interviews to organize the main conceptions of teachers about their own word, and so, to understand how the consciouness and mediation are conceived, from their didactic acts. These conceptions are linked to the role of School Geography; the teaching; the relationship to the means of education and learning activies; the territorial theme and teachers´ knowledge in the relation to Geography and Didactic. Thus, in the end of this research, we notice, after these analysis, that teachers present consciousness about their work in some moments, but in other ones, we perceive some difficulties in thinking about their classes, principally in relation to knowledge important to help them how to reflect upon the mediation process of geographical knowledge.

The goal of this diploma work is the suggestion of multimedia didactic material about Africa for the second degree of basic schools. It includes not only the interactive textbook but also a methodical manual which contains commentaries about particular slides and solving the tasks from the textbook. The teaching text proceeds from current didactic documents, as well as from specialized literature and existing textbooks and workbooks for the second degree of basic schools which contain school work about Africa. The didactic analysis and evaluation of these books is also a part of this diploma work.

This thesis deals with the use of didactic games in geography lessons in Czech schools. Its main goal is to use the questionnaire survey to find the so-called examples of good practice in schools. In the introduction there is a short literature search and definition of the term didactic game according to various authors. The main research method is an electronic questionnaire. A total of 72 faculty schools of the Faculty of Science of Charles University were addressed. Finally, 30 primary and secondary school teachers took part in the research.The questionnaire was divided into four parts. In the first part the general opinion of teachers on the concept of didactic game was investigated. The following section of questions was focused on teachers who use didactic games - the extent of games usage, in which topics of geography, as well as specific examples of games and their evaluation. The third section of the questions was intended for teachers who do not use games and found out the reasons that prevent them from using games. The last section of the questions deals with the sociodemographic characteristics of the research sample. The work contains analysis and interpretation of the questionnaire survey, including graphic outputs. The results were processed qualitatively and quantitatively...