O plano diretor como recurso didático para ensinar sobre a cidade e a formação para a cidadania

Abstract

This paper aims to give a description/reflection about the action plan realized in school in the Metropolitan Region of Goiânia (RMG) to understand the potential of the Director Plan, a document of urban management, for teaching Geography in the civic education of students. The plan is based on a teaching methodology of participatory and meaningful action by the student. The intent is to make this teaching about the city assist in the process of training for citizenship and the process of building concepts. Data collection was developed in four geography lessons in a class of sixth grade in a public school elementary school. The observation and student activities were the basic instruments of data collection and the Director Plan was the main teaching resource used in class. The data showed that the use of this instrument of urban management in the classroom enhances the learning about the city and citizenship training.