A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH WITH VBL (VIDEO BASED LEARNING) ANALYZING THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CAVE FIGURES OF THE ALCOBAÇA VALLEY: BUÍQUE - PE

Abstract

The Catimbau Valley, located in the municipality of Buíque-PE, which is located at the meeting of the mesoregions of the Southern Agreste and the Sertão of Pernambuco, having its biome predominance of the Caatinga, this biome being endemic to the Brazilian Northeast; with a favorable relief and of great interest in field experiences, sculpted in the Borborema Plateau with presence in the constitution of the landscape Massifs and High Hills,  with the range of 650 to 1000 meters. With all the phytophysiognomy encompassing its natural attributes, which makes this whole environment even more interesting for the study of the place, it is given through the cave paintings found in the rocks present there, with emphasis on the Archaeological Site of the Alcobaça Valley with records in the mother rock, as well as records in fallen blocks, marked in different times and peoples,  Historical marks left by the groups that passed through there are observed. Included in the imagery framework is the category Tradition Agreste (Martin 2000), which is categorized by the singularities of the images made, as well as the techniques for marking the relief. The rock art made by the primary peoples of the Catimbau region contributes to the teaching of Geography, thus allowing an understanding of the geographical space and its dimensions. In the didactic excursion, the students of the Geography course were able to analyze the changes in the way of life of the original population, as well as the main physical/natural transformations of the Catimbau Valley. Given the current scenario of basic education in the teaching of geography, the methods used collaborate with traditional teaching, in the way in which teachers reproduce their knowledge and information, without any concern with the construction of knowledge of their respective students, in this way the work in question proposes the break of the traditional paradigm. The objective of the research is to address how cave figures can collaborate in the teaching of Geography and assist in the representation of geographic space for the understanding of the spatial dynamics that occur in the territory, seeking to attribute photographs to the teaching of Geography, and break with the traditional form of teaching in basic education. The methodology used is based on "Video Based Learning", through the recording of the trail of the Alcobaça Archaeological Site by the students, to be used in the production of didactic material, being a video that tells the route of the trail, displaying the wall with the respective cave figures, and the realization of the didactic activity entitled "Geography written in the Reliefs",  in which students will draw the cave figures that most caught their attention and what meaning was attributed to the figure. As a result of the research, we will have the elaboration of the expository video (in editing), and the practical activity carried out in the classroom with the students, which brings different memories and meanings. It is concluded that addressing the use of representations of cave figures in the teaching of Geography collaborates so that students can innovatively analyze the territory, therefore, it is notorious that didactic excursions are valid and of such importance for future professionals to be able to develop didactic methods that can be applied inside and outside the classrooms.