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Orientador: Oscar Braz Mendonza Negrão / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T06:18:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Scortegagna_Adalberto_D.pdf: 7353931 bytes, checksum: 4556d3ef5239709860fb5ae5e028ba45 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O trabalho busca examinar de que forma os conteúdos geológicos permeiam o curso de Licenciatura em Geografia da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), verificando a adequação e suficiência desses conteúdos na disciplina de Geologia Introdutória (GI), suas possíveis articulações com as demais disciplinas do curso e a existência de compatibilidade entre o que é trabalhado na disciplina de GI e a necessidade desse conhecimento nas demais disciplinas. A pesquisa se fundamentou na análise de ementas e programas de diversas disciplinas, bem como no acompanhamento, gravação, transcrição e análise dos conteúdos desenvolvidos nas aulas da disciplina de GI. A análise dos dados possibilitou caracterizar a forma como os conteúdos geológicos estão sendo trabalhados nessa disciplina e identificar como se fazem presentes em várias outras disciplinas do curso. Constatou-se, também, que a disciplina de GI segue um modelo tradicional no ensino de geologia e que há certo desequilíbrio na atribuição de carga horária aos conteúdos trabalhados. Destaca-se, entre outros aspectos, que o conteúdo "minerais e rochas" é trabalhado de forma aprofundada e abrange metade da carga horária da disciplina. Outros conteúdos relevantes para a geografia, como "Tectônica de Placas" e "Tempo Geológico" são trabalhados de forma sucinta, dificultando as interligações necessárias com os conteúdos das demais disciplinas. A análise demonstrou ainda que, apesar de sua importância como disciplina base do domínio da geografia física, a disciplina de GI tem uma carga horária reduzida, aquém de sua real necessidade. Pôde-se, então, inferir que os conteúdos geológicos devem ser ampliados e reorganizados, priorizando-se conteúdos relevantes para o curso de Geografia. Dessa forma, os conteúdos geológicos poderiam desempenhar seu papel de destaque na geografia, atendendo às necessidades do curso, o que teria reflexos na formação do professor, em especial na geografia escolar e, consequentemente, na interpretação do espaço geográfico. A pesquisa propiciou também a elaboração de um fluxograma, demonstrando como determinados conteúdos da disciplina de GI se refletem em outras disciplinas do curso, e poderia servir de modelo para outros cursos de graduação em Geografia, com o objetivo de constatar a inter-relação entre as diversas disciplinas, evitando assim a repetição ou a ausência de conteúdos relevantes na formação desse profissional / Abstract: This paper aims at examining how topics of geology permeate the Geography Teaching Licensure Course in the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), assessing the adequacy and sufficiency of such topics in the subject of Introductory Geology (IG), its possible relations to the other subjects of the course, and the compatibility between what is studied in IG and the need of this knowledge in other subjects. The research was based on the analysis of overviews and programmes of many different subjects, as well as on the monitoring, taping, transcription and analysis of topics developed during IG classes. With this data, it was made able to describe how geology is being studied in this subject and to identify the way the study of geology is present at other subjects of the course. It was also noted that IG uses a traditional model of geology teaching and that its credit hours are unevenly distributed among topics; the topic "minerals and rocks", for instance, is more widely developed and takes up a half of the credit hours of the subject. Other topics relevant to Geography, such as "Plate tectonics" and "Geologic time" are briefly developed, making it hard to establish necessary interconnections with the topics of other subjects. The analysis has also shown that, despite its importance as a core subject in physical geography, IG has a small amount of credit hours, not up to par to its real necessity. It can be inferred that geologic topics should be widened and reorganized, prioritizing topics relevant to the Geography course. This way, the geologic topics could play the lead role in Geography, attending the needs of the course, which would reflect on the teacher's training, especially in scholastic Geography, and consequently, on the interpretation of the geographic space. The research was used to develop a flowchart that depicted how topics of IG are related to other subjects of the course. The flowchart could also be used by other Geography courses, with the objective of noting the interconnection between the many subjects, thus avoiding the repetition or lack of relevant topics in the training of this professional / Doutorado / Doutor em Ciências

The objective of this study was to determine if trends were present in the longitudinal treatment of concepts of plate tectonics in introductory college-level physical geology textbooks. In addition, a method was designed to convey the structure of these concepts of plate tectonics by determining the location in the textbook where they occur.Eighteen textbooks were selected from the time period of 1975 through 2004. The total narrative area was determined by measuring the height and width of each column of text in each textbook. Individual concepts of plate tectonics were determined using the constant comparative method. Nine concepts were identified. The treatment of each concept was expressed as a concept's percentage of the textbook's total narrative area. The structure of plate tectonics in each textbook was determined by creating scatterplots and pie graphs of the location within the text and the area devoted to each concept. Furthermore, a measure of the structure of the textbook over the study period was determined by comparing the proportion of chapters containing concepts of plate tectonics with the publication date.A strong positive correlation (r=.638) was found between the treatment of the theory of plate tectonics and the publication date of the textbook. This correlation was significant to the 0.01 level. Two of the nine identified concepts of plate tectonics were also found to have significant correlations.Similarly, a strong positive correlation was found between the proportion of chapters containing concepts of plate tectonics and the publication date. Thus, concepts of plate tectonics are found in more chapters in textbooks published during the latter parts of the study period.A concern arising from this study is the treatment of the concept identified as "The evidence for and the development of plate tectonics." This is the only identified concept of plate tectonics that showed a marked decrease during the study period. Furthermore, this concept corresponds with other studies that found many of America's textbooks reporting the end results of science while omitting the nature of science. / Department of Geology

Errata is tipped in after contents. / Bibliography: p. 249-264. / iv, 264 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geology, 1997?

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