Planning as an object of research in teacher training in Geography

Abstract

The Faculty of Geography of the National University of La Pampa (UNLPam), proposes as a challenge the training of teachers based on a work articulated between the fields of knowledge that make up the Curriculum. The design of Teaching Units as a way of teaching planning, constitutes an opportunity to dialogue the process of feedback between theory and practice, as foundational aspects of teacher and teacher training. For this, the curricular prescriptions mediated by the institutional, political, pedagogical and didactic dimensions interact in the teaching tasks when making decisions regarding what, how and for what to teach Geography. In this sense, an articulated and integral work is held among the Special Teaching Chairs of the Geography and Teaching Residence of the Teaching Staff of the Faculty of Human Sciences. We maintain that the key to training is to establish common criteria about planning based on articulating the format, design and presentation of teaching proposals prepared by fourth and fifth year students for secondary education. This qualitative research presents the voices of students who have experienced the design of open, flexible, creative proposals for current issues and geographic problems. This work reflects the results of the analysis of interviews with advanced students in relation to their experiences in the development of Didactic Units.