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The article deals with the use of electronic games as a tool for teaching physical geography, as subjects of Geomorphology. Thus, the objectives were: 1) To discuss the use of commercial games in the teaching-learning process and its importance in teaching Geography and Physical Geography; 2) Characterize the potential of Minecraft as a methodological resource; 3) Elaborate a didactic proposal associating the use of Minecraft with concepts of Geomorphology, from the sixth year of Elementary school linked to the skills and abilities of the BNCC. Therefore, the methodology consisted of a survey and literature review on the topics of School Geography, games Geography and Physical Geography Teaching, the use of the SWOT matrix to characterize the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities of Minecraft as an educational tool. As a result, it is highlighted that games are tools that can develop student-players and student-protagonists in teaching, in addition to providing playfulness to themes that are harder. Another issue observed is the possible difficulty of students and professors regarding the use of technologies. And the teacher is part of the process, being both the idealizer and who contextualize the proposal to the school, as well as a mediator in the teaching-learning process. Minecraft as a resource focused on Geography is a precious tool, with possibilities that are not limited to the content of the sixth year, or themes focused on geomorphology, however it must be associated with the theoretical part of the class and with everyday life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En el desarrollo histórico de la geografía física, diferentes autores han contribuido al avance metodológico en la comprensión de la realidad en este campo científico. En el contexto brasileño, uno de los principales exponentes fue Tricart (1977) a través de su clasificación en unidades ecodinámicas: entornos estables, intermedios y altamente inestables. El objetivo de este artículo es comprender las contribuciones de este autor a la geografía física brasileña, basándose en su obra "Ecodinámica". A partir de la clasificación morfodinámica de Tricart (1977), se observa que sus contribuciones son significativas e influyentes para los estudios en Geografía Física, especialmente en relación con investigaciones que abordan sistemas donde los entornos físicos presentan relaciones integradas, y donde el paisaje se caracteriza por su dinamismo e influencias mutuas entre los elementos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study in question aims to present a suggestion for the use of a geotouristic route for the coast of Piauí, as a didactic support for the teaching of Physical Geography, which can contribute to enable the valuation, dissemination of local geodiversity and landscape appreciation for geotourists and others. visitors to the area in question. As a methodological procedure for carrying out this work, bibliographical research was used, based on books and book chapters, articles in journals, master's dissertations, doctoral theses and studies published in annals of events, which deal with the themes portrayed, and field research. The suggestion of a Geotouristic Route for the coast of Piauí is based on the four coastal municipalities in the area and has as geoattractions in the west-east direction, starting with the municipality of Ilha Grande: the Delta of the Parnaíba River; in the municipality of Parnaíba: Pedra do Sal beach; in the municipality of Luís Correia, Itaqui beach; and in the municipality of Cajueiro da Praia, the beach of Morro Branco, the beach of Barrinha and the beach of Cajueiro da Praia. In this sense, it is understood that the suggestion of the present geotouristic itinerary for the coast of Piauí, would work as a didactic strategy for the teaching and learning of Physical Geography, as well as serving as a contribution, initially, for (geo)tourists and other visitors to know the geodiversity and geoheritage of the coast of Piauí. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this article is to show how the use of the sandbox, aided by cartographic products, can contribute to the teaching of physical geography as a pedagogical tool. In order to do this, It easy considered the representation of landforms as a starting point for understanding the phenomena and geological, geomorphological and climatobotanical processes at different scales, confirming the importance of spatial analysis from the morphoclimatic domains proposed by Ab'Saber (1967, 2003). The methodology used follows the relief classification proposed by Ross (2008), which presents six taxonomic levels based on the planialtimetry of the relief and which was represented by means of different cartographic languages, such as thematic maps, topographic profiles, MDTs, photographs, and, finally, the use of the sandbox to represent these forms, contextualized at different scales. The results were satisfactory, so that it was possible to represent five of the six taxonomic levels in the sandbox, by high school students. The research concluded that students showed greater ease and interest in the taught contents, when they were presented from the sandbox, in relation to the thematic mappings previously presented. On the other hand, they stressed that without the introduction / presentation of maps, topographic profiles and photographs, it would not be possible to understand all forms of relief and their relationship with socio-environmental issues related to the domain of seas of hills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The publication of the third version of the Common National Curriculum Base (BNCC) has induced a series of debates among the actors involved in the teachers formation. Particularly, for the area of knowledge of Natural Sciences, which corresponds to the traditional knowledge of the courses of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and part of Physical Geography, the base advocate great interaction between the knowledges and between the professionals specialized in each knowledge. Given the new Brazilian educational paradigm, we propose to structure the specific training cycle for a degree course in Physics with four emphases options: Emphasis on Classical Physics, Emphasis on Chemistry, Emphasis on Mathematics and Emphasis on Astronomy and Geosciences. Although the proposal is legally hypothetical, it has all the materiality elements for its possible implementation, after all, as a starting point, we use the current courses of the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). It should be noted that the author was the coordinator of the Degree in Physics course at UFG for four consecutive years. We hope that this work will stimulate and encourage the debate of ideas around the complex theme of how to adapt the training courses for Physics teachers in the country to the context of the BNCC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Man is a transforming agent of terrestrial modeling and his action on the relief causes problems of different natures, involving social, environmental, economic and political issues. In this work, urban anthropogeomorphology is highlighted, since it is evidenced as an essential branch of Geomorphology for the understanding of anthropic action in the modeling of cities, allowing the understanding of geomorphological processes, the prediction of catastrophic phenomena and the urban-environmental planning of cities. This work aims to present a didactic-pedagogical proposal to discuss urban anthropogeomorphology in school Geography, since it is important for students to understand more about anthropic action in relief at different geographic scales. The proposal presented has a qualitative approach, of the experience report type, and was built for the conclusion work of the discipline "Human Impact on the Physical Environment: Prognosis and Dimensioning", offered in the semester 2021. 1, in remote format, by the Postgraduate Program -Graduate in Physical Geography at the University of São Paulo (PPGF-USP). The results achieved show that it is important to use differentiated didactic-pedagogical proposals that bring the Geomorphology content closer to the reality experienced by students, in order to enable them to perceive the changes and dangers that human action can cause in the landscape. In addition, the result leads to a reflection and criticism about the curriculum in Degree in Geography, which does not always include methodological proposals that are more relevant/adherent to the students' daily lives and this, in turn, does not adequately prepare the undergraduates for the full exercise of teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to Araujo (2021), the concepts and conceptions about geological-geomorphological dynamics are often presented in textbooks superficially, without deepening and without a critical analysis. This research aims to propose unconventional methodologies to fill the gaps related to the contents of Geomorphology and Geology found in the textbook "Geography Contexts and Networks" by Silva, Olic and Lozano (2016) corresponding to the 1st grade of high. The methodology used is qualitative/descriptive, case study and content analysis. The study was motivated by the complexity, misconceptions and high degree of abstraction that the physical contents of Geography usually present in didactic works. It justifies the choice of theme due to the need to evaluate the natural physical contents present in textbooks, and to propose unconventional methodologies to fill the gaps present in these materials, being an important work for teachers, serving as a suggestion to address issues related to physical geography, notably Geomorphology and Geology in a meaningful, integrated and applied way in order to achieve teaching-learning and geographic reasoning of the students. It is confirmed that the insertion of digital software (games and the GIS Google Earth), models, cinema and comic books (HQs), are beautiful examples of how the teacher may be working with some concepts that present gaps or inconsistencies in the textbook "Geography Contexts and Networks". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to analyze the state of the art on the theme of urban environment and health in scientific events in Brazilian Geography between 2008 and 2019. In this sense, the scientific production of the National Meeting of ANPEGE, the Brazilian Symposium on Geographic Climatology, the Brazilian Symposium on Applied Physical Geography, the National Symposium on Urban Geography and the National Symposium on Geomorphology was selected. The methodology consisted of surveying and analyzing the annals of scientific events based on the method of content analysis. Among the results of this analysis, the following stand out: (i) it is observed that the approach to the health-disease process is incipient in the context of the scientific events analyzed; (ii) a diversity is attested regarding the academic training of researchers dedicated to the aforementioned theme; (iii) a heterogeneity of the health problems researched is identified; (iv) it appears that the approach to the socio-environmental conditions of the health-disease process is operationalized from multiple scales of analysis; (v) there is a predominance of studies in cities with medium and large populations; (vi) it is verified that the Southeast and Northeast regions concentrate the largest portion of research (52.4%) on the theme of urban environment and health, considering the current stage of knowledge produced in the context of scientific events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the dearth of theoretical work published by physical geographers on issues around epistemology and method, this paper discusses two main topics: first, some connections between Physical Geography and Philosophy and its relations with scientific thought; then, issues on method, methodology, and hierarchical levels of approach resorted to in the study of geosystems - the guiding perspective in this paper. The study drew on bibliographic research and took into account the Russian-Soviet view on geosystems in order to systematize and problematize the ideas developed by Physical Geography, with emphasis on its theoretical-methodological linkages. Subsequently, the study sought to articulate the historical context of development of general systems theory and geosystems theory, based on their conceptual and methodological particularities. A diachronic examination of the structuring and grounds of geosystems theory allowed establishing conceptual correlations in the field of Physical Geography in particular, considering its backgrounds in the history of scientific thought in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dom Pedro II was considered a scholar and enthusiast of arts and culture and an important sponsor of science, a facet little known by most Brazilians. He was educated based on the ideals of the Enlightenment. Less well known are his writings on physical geography, caves, and karst areas he passed through. Thus, the main objective of this research is to highlight the records of the karst landscape and its features in Brazil and other countries. To fulfil the objective, the authors carried out documentary research in the travel diaries of the Emperor (1840-1889). The material was transcribed to around 1,064 pages, divided into two thematic axes. He made detailed accounts of the fauna and flora of the places registering in his diaries his geographical impressions of the places. While it is not possible to say that the records were strictly karstological or speleological, the documents are, to some extent, quite scientific. Therefore, it is impossible to deny the importance and cultural value of these documents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How to name landform, soils, rocks, hydrography, vegetation, the climate in Geography classes in Basic Education? To answer this question, we developed the concept of the "physical-natural components" believing that it brings with it an understanding of the object of Geographic science and its teaching in Basic Education. Investigating Brazilian theses and dissertations, based on content analysis, we built a state of knowledge that allowed us to verify the predominance of individualized analyzes of spatial components; the non-association between components of different orders; the mismatch perspective of assuming a geographical situation as a basis for the interpretation of the geographical space; the use of terminologies that reinforce the dichotomy between Physical Geography and Human Geography in Basic Education. Thus, we saw the need to reiterate the concept of "physical-natural components" for the evidence of teaching that encompasses integration, dynamism, and the processes of constitution of geographical space in its appropriation in Basic schooling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Works that deal with the teaching of the physical and natural components of the landscape are still not very expressive on the national scene, if compared to the demand produced in other subfields of Geography. Thus, aiming to contribute to the discussion, more precisely with the teaching of Geomorphology in the textbook, this research seeks to i) analyze the clarity and adequacy of the language of the geomorphological content in the textbook by Sene and Moreira (2018) component curriculum of the 6th year of elementary school and ii) reflect on the concept of Geomorphology present in that book. It is, therefore, theoretical research of qualitative nature of the descriptive type, the research was divided into three stages: i) choice of the textbook to be analyzed; ii) survey of the contents that deal with Geomorphology and iii) writing of the work. The results reveal that the language and clarity used in Sene and Moreira's book (2018) is adequate for the year it is intended to attend, but that small adjustments are necessary in the images and in the correlation of the geomorphological contents with the place of students' lives. From the analysis made on the conception of Geomorphology, it is concluded that the author sometimes treats it as articulated to society, sometimes discusses it as an externality to it, that is, without connection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article defends the thesis that Kantian observations on the problem of races in the Theory of the Heavens are linked to an unexplained set of research principles consistent with empirical facts that support in this work the conjectures about Solar System's inhabitants. To this end, it will first be shown that this particular point has gone entirely unnoticed by Kantsforschung. Then, it will be indicated that Kantian procedure dialogues straight with Fontenelle's argument in his famous text Digression sur les anciens et les modernes. Finally, it will be demonstrated the advances that young Kant extracted from the research of his predecessor and that were used as guidelines for empirical examination of racial diversity in his new Lectures on Physical Geography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper sought to perform a spatiotemporal analysis of the bibliographic production of articles published in the journal GEOGRAFIA between the years 1976 and 2019 (44 years). The aim was to generate subsidies to assess the dynamics and frequency of scientific production in Geography by areas and subthemes, in order to verify the spatial distribution and the origin of the knowledge produced and disseminated at the national and regional level. For that, the complete collection of the journal was used as a basis for reading and empirical evaluation of the articles, distributed by research areas and subthemes in Geography and in the institutional origin of the authors. Thus, graphs and maps of distribution and intensity were created to support the analysis of the academic production of the journal. The results showed the regularity and frequency of the various themes in the area of Physical and Human Geography addressed over time and the intense spatial heterogeneity of scientific production, mostly originating from institutions located in the main cities of central-south Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we will indicate that the fundamental proposition of the courses of physical Geography of Kant is: the man is a habitant of Earth. To validate this thesis, we will align the methodology utilized by Kant in the courses of Anthropology and physical Geography, in order to evidence the convergences and divergences of these courses. Besides that, we will compare the methodology employed by Kant in the natural History and in the physical Geography, because the distinction between these sciences will allow us to ratify the thesis here defended and to delimit the criteria of validity of the proposition indicated above. In Physische Geographie, Kant differentiates the propositions of those disciplines in the following way: the geographical propositions refer to the men as habitants of Earth, but investigate them without any historical perspective, in other words, investigate them in the present tense. Unlike this, the naturalists propositions investigate the human beings in a temporal successive line, in order to demonstrate what the nature did of them. That being said, the central issue of the natural history is to demonstrate that the different people possess a common origin and the central issue of the physical geography is to demonstrate in what way the habitat influences the civilizing, moralizing, political and religious process of the different people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the nature of Kant's anthropological investigation, carried out during his courses of Physical Geography. Even though one cannot dispute his relationship with empirical physics, the incorporation of both objects of inner sense (soul and human being) in his cosmological approach of the empirical investigation of human nature raises questions regarding disciplinary articulations (between empirical physics, physical geography, empirical psychology, and anthropology) and methodological articulations (between speculation and pragmatism), upon which he builds his Knowledge of the World. I shall demonstrate that, from the beginning, Kant sought to systematically combine different scientific procedures focused on the knowledge of human nature, and that this is precisely the reason why he uses soul as an ontological concept in his geographic studies to clarify the diversity of tastes and tempers of the human species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper, with theoretical character, aims to approach the integrative perspective of Geography and the seek for methods capable of achieving this integration, involving the natural and human components of the geographical space. For this purpose, two proposition that nowadays have guided studies in the Physical Geography were examined: the theory of geosystems (proposed in the second half of the twentieth century) and the Critical Physical Geography (more recent, presented at the beginning of the 21st century). The text begins by a brief review about the geographical ideal of integration or holistic approach, moving on to a discussion on the two mentioned propositions, their limits and differences. The main objective is contribute to the debate on the challenges of integrating knwledge in the geographical science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: When discussing environmental issues, we present the interdisciplinary work of Physical Education and Geography in mountaineering. OBJECTIVE: To present the experience of an interdisciplinary pedagogical proposal in the corporal practice of mountaineering of adventure at CEFET/RJ, campus Petrópolis. METHODS: This is a descriptive qualitative research, in which we discuss the interdisciplinary activities carried out in the extension project Expeditions of CEFET/RJ at the campus Petrópolis, with the participation of high school students and undergraduate students in Tourism. The data were obtained from individual reports, which were analyzed, ordered and classified according to Gomes (2002). RESULTS: Seven activities developed in 2018 are reported, evaluated and discussed - trails and hikes in Morro Meu Castelo - twice, Pedra do Quitandinha, Travessia Cobiçado-Ventania, Travessia Uricanal, Travessia Petrópolis-Teresópolis and Caminho do Ouro; being listed the following themes, in physical education: cardiorespiratory frequency, perception of effort, recreation and leisure, adventure tourism, understanding of individual limits, hydration, heart rate monitoring, modified Borg scale, eating habits, history of mountaineering, combating physical inactivity and adventure bodily practices; in geography: ecosystems, urbanization, anthropized landscape, geosciences, terrains, river basins, natural heritage and historical context; in both disciplines: health, environmental education, environmental justice, environmental interpretation, sustainability, preservation and conservation of nature. The imaginary, the risks, the regular practice of physical activity and environmental awareness were the most highlighted results. CONCLUSION: School physical education reframed contents and teaching-learning processes in an [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In different literary means, and throughout his lifetime, Miguel Torga kept drawing a human-like geography, as his senses reacted to the places he visited and walked through. With this article, we try to show how, from his native land of Trás-os-Montes, a true existential geodesic marker, Torga displayed his telluric and Iberian nature, as he kept assessing and resizing himself as a man, by the experience of meeting new places and people that he preserved in books. By that literary inscription, born of an organic and subjective reaction and of a prospective look of human horizon, the author seeks to understand the human contours that the different physical and cultural geographies produced. In this exercise, which endows the spaces with human density, and gives them identity and historicity, the notion of heritage landscape is nurtured and expanded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Biogeography presents itself as one of the fields of study of Physical Geography, related to social, economic, ecological and cultural aspects. From this perspective, this essay drawn up a comparative study of nuances and synergies among forest peoples in two extremes of Brazil. Two traditional communities were sampled: the 'seringueiros' of the Seringal Porongaba in the state of Acre, and the people of Faxinal Sete Saltos de Baixo, at Campos Gerais, in the state of Paraná. Among the nuances, we highlight, for example, the geographical factor, the characteristics of the areas and the productive activities. Regarding synergies, we mention ecological, sociocultural and territorial management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Revisiting Monteiro and dialoguing with his ideas, instigating theoretical reflection in the field of Physical Geography, with climatological epistemology as the guiding theme, is the main objective of this article. The pragmatism that has dominated the dissertations and theses in the national scope of postgraduate in Geography has made it difficult for us to make the difference in the national context of the sciences. Daring is imperative to methodological and conceptual advances. We need, more than ever, to listen to the master and become true " messengers-conveyers" of geographical knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is mainly aimed to analyze the role of geography in the debate on environmental issues, questioning the dichotomy between Physical Geography and Human Geography. The environment is a recurring theme in academic discussions and present in different political agendas and, therefore, geography has to define how it can contribute to the enrichment of this field. However, to get in this dense discussion, geography need, first of all, question their historical internal divisions. This article demonstrates how is possible to think of Human Geography and Physical Geography as geographical knowledge production areas, despite methodologies, epistemologies, different theories and concepts. Although there is no clear unit in geography, a healthy dialogue between their areas could exist in some themes that urge for this relationship. This bridge has to go beyond Human as "anthropic factor" (without questioning relations and cultural, economic and political differences) or Nature being external to Human. The purpose of this article is to bring the scale as a methodological possibility of contact between the Human Geography and Physical Geography, overcoming dichotomies and fostering debate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to relate Kantian geography and philosophy. In one hand, for Kant geography is the only science that enables empirical and transcendental work due to the multiscale relationship according to the geographical description and to the history of nature that reconstructs the processes and landscapes of the past and also provides explanations for the landscapes today. In the other hand, an important feature on the Kantian geographical reflection was heavily steeped in a harsh political geography which epistemologically has justified the occupation of all areas of the Earth's surface by the capitalist mode of production and separated continents and their peoples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the study on the outcrops geomorphological framework in Belém, Lisbon, Portugal. It details how the study was conducted which involved the opening of several trenches/ditches on the right bank of the Tagus River's estuary. It notes that the site evolved from rural to urban and that the findings can be used in spatial planning of an urban area.

This work aims to provide a laconic essay on the importance of the study of geomorphology. This field of science is not fortuitous, being of great importance for understanding the dynamics shaping Relief of Earth, this because its subject matter is undeniably stage of physical and social events that configure the landscape. From this premise, it is emphasized that the use of new technologies has given even greater force to geomorphological studies, enabling accurate understanding of phenomena surrounding them. From this perspective, it is observed that in the group of known earth sciences, the Geomorphology undoubtedly has its own identity and should be studied considering the particularities of the bases and concepts that structure this Science [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, deposition of bird excrements has been responsible for rock phosphatization, generating phosphatized crusts. This study describes these crusts and establishes their geomorphological and paleogeografical implications, based on methodologies such as field observation, description and sampling, as well as, laboratorial analyses (geochemical, mineralogical and microscopic). The crusts were defined as features of excrement accumulation, with high P content and mineralized surfaces over homogeneous rocks (milonitizaded peridotites). The hydrophobic behavior of these crusts protects the underlying rock against the accelerated advance of chemical weathering and, consequently, the role of erosion processes, developing steeper and more convex slopes. In contrast, at sites in which the formation of the crust has not been verified, the rock is more weathered and the slopes more concave. The presence of these crusts also indicates an arid paleoenvironment, where guano accumulation was possible, differently from present-day climate conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The of Franco's dictatorship (1975) and the admittance to the European Union (1986) enable Spain to get strong financial support (subsides) from the Agrarian Undertaking Funds (FEOGA) and from the Common Agricultural Policy (PAC). These investments had changed Spain into an industrialized and agricultural country. In the last decades the Alicante Province has undergone profound processes of socio-environmental and territorial changes, being water the main aspect of environmental sustainability of the productive systems (industrial and agricultural), as well as the strong investments into touristic areas. As regard to the agrarian structure, inside the Alicante province prevails the small rural properties with dry (grape, olive, etc.) and irrigated (vegetables, citrus, etc.) farming. Therefore, the implantation of agricultural policies from the European Union into the Alicante province, by the concept of rural multi-functionality, has increased the agrarian concentration, the pauperization of the small producers and has increased also the competition with external products and the incentive to the speculation, being the tourism the main vector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]