THE SPATIAL THINKING: ACTIVITIES OF ESPATIAL VISUALIZATION AND ORIENTATION TO GRADUATE IN GEOGRAPHY

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Keywords:

geographic education, school cartography, spatial thinking, spatial visualization, spatial orientation

Abstract

The articulation between geographic education and scholar Cartography contributes to the development of spatial thinking, because they work with the concepts related to space that assist in this thinking. Thus, spatial thinking is understood as the process of human cognition, which is the acquisition of knowledge that occurs through reasoning, perception, memory, among others. The objective of this article is to evaluate two activities realize for the students in the 1st period of Degree in Geography in the year 2020 from the State University of Rio de Janeiro - Faculty Teacher Training developed the skills of spatial thinking (spatial visualization and spatial orientation) in Education Basic. In this paper the mixed method was used, which consists of carrying out two activities aimed at solving problems using the skills of spatial visualization and spatial orientation of spatial thinking to object to understanding and analyzing qualitative and quantitative the data obtained through its. The results show some difficulties in relation to the investigated skills, as well as the low level of development of spatial thinking skills in students.

Author Biographies

Andressa Cabral Barci, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Mestranda em ensino de Geografia pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, graduada em Licenciatura Plena em Geografia pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Endereço Profissional: Rua Dr. Francisco Portela, 1470, Patronato, CEP: 24435005, São Gonçalo, RJ – Brasil.

E-mail: andressabarci@gmail.com

Ana Claudia Ramos Sacramento, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Doutora em Geografia pela Universidade de São Paulo, mestra em Educação pela Universidade de São Paulo e graduada em Geografia pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Endereço Profissional: Rua Dr. Francisco Portela, 1470, Patronato, CEP: 24435005, São Gonçalo, RJ – Brasil.

E-mail: anaclaudia.sacramento@hotmail.com

Vinicius da Silva Seabra, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Doutorado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Mestre em Geologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e graduado em Geografia, licenciatura e bacharelado, pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Endereço Profissional: Rua Dr. Francisco Portela, 1470, Patronato, CEP: 24435005, São Gonçalo, RJ – Brasil.

E-mail: vinigeobr@yahoo.com.br

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Published

2021-07-02

How to Cite

Cabral Barci, A., Ramos Sacramento, A. C. ., & da Silva Seabra, V. (2021). THE SPATIAL THINKING: ACTIVITIES OF ESPATIAL VISUALIZATION AND ORIENTATION TO GRADUATE IN GEOGRAPHY. Revista Signos Geográficos, 3, 1–20. Retrieved from https://revistas.ufg.br/signos/article/view/69280

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Vol. 3 (2021)

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