CHOOSING PROCEDURES OF THE DIDACTIC BOOK BY THE GEOGRAPHY TEACHER

Abstract

This article is the result of a master's degree research in Geography, with the teaching theme, carried out between 2015 and 2017. The objective of this article is to analyze the criteria for choosing the didactic book of Geography by the teachers in the final years of the elementary school. For this, in our research we conducted interviews with some teachers of the state education network of the city of Dourados (MS) on the process of choosing the didactic material. For this work we bring fragments of the reports of seven geography teachers, in which they present the criteria they observe at the time of choosing the textbook. The interviews were recorded and transcribed and the colloquial speech of the teachers was maintained, with minor changes or corrections in their statements. As for our theoretical reference, we had as basis some authors like Callai (2016); Munakata (2012); Gonçalves and Mellati (2017) among others. We understand that teachers need to have greater participation in the choices of books and important decisions that relate to their profession, so we seek to present the perspectives of teachers. For this, a greater capacity is required for the teacher to establish criteria for analysis and to see the importance in choosing the didactic material.