USE OF CONCEPT MAPS AS A STRATEGY FOR TEACHING-LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT TOOL IN GEOGRAPHY LESSONS

This article seeks to reflect on the teaching and practice of the use of conceptual modeling that can assist the teaching-learning process of students in the classes of Geography in schools of the educational system of the State of Piauí (Brazil). This research was developed with Geography teachers in a training course for teachers for the use of Geotechnologies and Tools of Web interaction within the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí (Brazil). As found by the analysis of data collected in this investigation, teachers agree that conceptual modeling contributes to the organization of the geographic knowledge of students. And yet it was evident the use of concept maps as a teaching and learning strategy, as well as an evaluation tool for student performance. Finally, the use of concept maps in teaching Geography brings up the idea of the development and exercise of autonomy by the students, since self-study is one of the essential factors for meaningful learning of spatial content in classroom