Análise dos aspectos demográficos e sociais no Livro Didático do 7º ano na escola estadual Coronel José Alves Ribeiro: Reflexões sobre representações e abordagens

Abstract

Based on the importance of the Demographic Census for defining government actions in favor of a better quality of life for the Brazilian population, the commitment of the following research on the analysis of demographic and social aspects in the 7th year Textbook at the state school Coronel José Alves Ribeiro , focuses on observing the topic covered in the textbook published by Moderna, titled Araribá Mais Geografia, in addition to the analysis, some solutions were set as an objective for a better teaching methodology, given that the work presents the topic in a simplified. The methodology applied occurred with readings on the topic and, mainly, reading in the chapter that dealt with social and demographic data present in the textbook from the publisher Moderna titled: Araribá Mais Geografia, after which classes were prepared based on data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, where the procedure was focused on the most recent IBGE data. In this way, the results on the didactic work provided to schools, after analysis, showed that the content cited in the textbook is not completely effective, as they address the topic in a summarized way and with data exposed from Brazil as a whole, excluding the particularities of each Brazilian State.

Keywords: Demographic Census; Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics; textbook; methodology.