Sociedade e natureza: uma reflexão necessária na formação de professores de geografia

Abstract

We developed a theoretical research on the relationship between society and nature within the contemporary production mode, which has promoted an intense process of destruction of the environment. This theme is approached centrally within the scope of the reflections on the formation of public school Geography teachers from the execution of debates based on the development of a Teaching Guidance and Support Material. Therefore, trying not to incur idealistic postures or premises, which suggest possibilities that go beyond what reality offers us, we start from the ontological foundations of social being, at which time it is found that work is the element responsible for mediating the relationship between society-nature. Then we proceed with the analysis of labor relations developed in the form of the current society, investigating the way this society works, its origins and articulating this study with the sequence of historical events that reveal the intense degradation of nature. Finally, supported by the Historical-Critical Pedagogy, we address the importance of dealing with this theme in the continuing in-service formation of Geography teachers, from an emancipatory perspective, and describe how the procedures that led to the elaboration of the Support Material were. We highlight the indispensable discussion about the subject nowadays, especially in the value produced by discussions with volunteer teacher about this material, which is a source of inspiration to the teaching work, promoting a new way of understanding and acting in face of reality as a means to provide scientific, philosophical and cultural enrichment to the teacher.