Geometria esférica: uma conexão com a geografia

Abstract

This work intends to help the teaching-learning process of geometry, mainly the sphere geometry, in order to help the implementation of the purposes that has as a goal the interaction of Math and Geography. It tried to answer the question of the research: Will the study of the contents of the Sphere Geometry help the comprehension of the Earth geometry? In order to clear this up it was done an experimental study, starting with a teaching sequence which could investigate possible relations made by the pupils when they needed i to solve situations involving the notions of the Sphere Geometry. It was used as a research methodology the ¨Teaching Engeneering¨ and the theoric reference was based on the ideas od Vergnaud s and Vygotsky s theories. The results of the experiments made with the students during the sequence development point to the importance of a work which integrates more than one subject matter