Saberes docentes e a Geografia Urbana Escolar ; Teacher knowledge and the Urban Geography School

This dissertation investigated the development process education of a Geography teacher. The focus of this research was on the composition of the teacher s knowledge about "urban Geography school". It used formation conception of the teacher as a continuum, as composed by teacher s background, his initial education at the University and by his work at school. When designing the school knowledge , "urban Geography school" as a teacher s knowledge the research development came from the following guiding questions: what is the role of teacher formation in the building of the teacher s knowledge about urban Geography school ? How does city is taught in Geography courses at University? How does city is taught in Geography as a school subject? From the content city , in the case study based on qualitative approach, we investigated the formation trajectory of five Geography teachers that studied at Goiás Universities: Federal, Catholic and State. About University training we investigated: the aspirations of teachers in relation to the University, the course of Geography and the teaching profession, their conditions to conduct the course, as well as their assessement about their formation on the content city at University. We have identified how the city is taught in Geography courses, at the University. At School, the research examined how teachers teach the content city , the sources and criteria used to select the content being taught and their thoughts about the teaching of the given content. Part of the results obtained during the research corroborate those listed on the theoretical teacher formation, and the results raised in other studies. It was found that experiences as student and teacher of basic education incorporate teachers´s knowledge, the university education is desired with the intention of building scientific knowledge and have a university degree, the formation about city content, the Urban Geography, is assessed as positive. To form the conceptual thinking on the urban is the main goal of the ...