Teaching of the contents of relief on the School Geography: analysis of a collection of textbooks of the final years of primary school

Abstract

The present paper constitutes part of the final project entitled Between mountains and Plains: analysis of the theme in relief final years of elementary school, presented to the course in geography from the University of the State of Santa Catarina – UDESC. This article will be discussed the role of education in geography lessons in basic education, more precisely in the final years of primary school, through analysis in textbooks – relating to four school years – the collection Expedições Geográficas, approved by PNLD to 2017. First there was a theoretical discussion about the role of education and the textbook on geographical education and, consequently pointed out some analysis on the books regarding the concepts, arguments and maps presented in the works. Through these analyses, it was found that, even the textbook being a significant artifact of the different scales of Brazilian educational system, the contents present in it have points to be discussed and improved. These notes are held not in order to disqualify the books, but targeting a geographic education that can meet with the needs of the contemporary world and students.