Collaborative mapping and the mobilization of Powerful Geographic Knowledge at school

Mapeo colaborativo y movilización de Conocimientos Potentes Geográficos en la escuela

Abstract

This article presents reflections from a case study that included 225 high school students from a public school in the inland Paraná, with whom didactic sequences were developed with the Google My Maps platform. Through them we analyze the didactic potential of collaborative mapping regarding the mobilization of powerful geographic knowledge in school, based on the theoretical and methodological framework offered in Alaric Maude’s typology. From this perspective, geographic knowledge is seen as a set of references capable of deepening the ways in which students see the world and themselves, and of offering conditions for the promotion of greater awareness for social action. It was concluded that the collaborative mapping techniques mobilized and studied throughout the research contributed to the construction of the different dimensions of powerful geographic knowledge, evidencing its potential for the promotion of different knowledge linked to geographic thinking in basic education.

Keywords:
Powerful Knowledge; Collaborative Mapping; Geography Teaching