Uma proposta prática de aprendizado para a disciplina de Geologia Urbana

Abstract

A PROPOSAL OF PRACTICAL LEARNING FOR THE DISCIPLINE OF URBAN GEOLOGY. This article describes a learning proposal of an Urban Geology discipline, with emphasis on fieldwork, that has been applied in the Geology undergraduate course of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). The discipline aims to develop among students a critical awareness of the performance and social function of a geologist. This perspective in behind the practical approach adopted throughout the term. Each programmatic subject is attended by a specific theoretical lesson, followed by a field visit and, eventually, a workshop. The three-year-experience shows that most students understand the proposal and the importance of their attendance; however, there is a group of students that keep passive and develop a cartorial attitude towards learning. Eventually, although this innovation had been tested three times with only eighty students, the final results are considered positive.