Programa Gira Mundo: como a educação finlandesa pode ajudar a ressignificar as práticas no ensino de geografia no estado da Paraíba

: THE PRESENT WORK CONSISTS OF AN EXPERIENCE REPORT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE GIRA MUNDO FINLÂNDIA PROGRAMME, PROMOTED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF PARAÍBA, THROUGH THE STATE SECRETARIAT OF EDUCATION. THE PROGRAMME WAS LAUNCHED IN 2016 FOR THE PURPOSE OF OFFERING, TO STATE BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS OF PERMANENT TEACHING POSITION, A TEACHING TRAINING BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES OF FINLAND, IN ORDER TO TAKE GOOD PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES TO THE STATE OF PARAÍBA. WITH THESE EXPERIENCES, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVE METHODOLOGIES IN THE LEARNING PROCESS AND, ESPECIALLY, THE ROLE OF INITIAL AND CONTINUING TRAINING FOR TEACHERS, PARTICULARLY THE GEOGRAPHY ONES, SO THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR STUDENTS AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE.