THE IMAGE AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THINKING AND MENTAL FUNCTIONS IN GEOGRAPHY TEACHING

Authors

  • Mateus Marchesan Pires Unioeste
  • Lana de Souza Cavalcanti UFG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46789/edugeo.v10i19.749

Abstract

The usage of different languages in Geography teaching and the investigations linked to this thematic have widened in Brazil in the last decades. Among those researches, some indicate the potentiality of those resources in the students’ learning, mobilizing the cognitive processes of subject. In this perspective, we present in this text a reflection on the imagery language, from the perspective of Cultural-Historical theory, demonstrating how some higher mental functions (perception, imagination and memory) can be mobilized with the use of visual resources. In addition to theoretical studies in this field of knowledge, the contributions of this text also stem from doctoral research in which the importance of the mediation of imagery language was found, as a didactic resource in the teaching of Geography. We found that mental functions can be mobilized in the constitution of a geographical thought, they are related with the use of images, while representations of visual materials, as well as the creation of mental images, with their (re) constitution or internalization, a condition countless times necessary for geographic learning.

Keywords

Higher mental functions, Imagery language, Symbolic mediations

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Published

2020-07-24

How to Cite

Marchesan Pires, M., & de Souza Cavalcanti, L. (2020). THE IMAGE AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THINKING AND MENTAL FUNCTIONS IN GEOGRAPHY TEACHING. Revista Brasileira De Educação Em Geografia, 10(19), 381–402. https://doi.org/10.46789/edugeo.v10i19.749