Research on Cartography for School Children - Maps for the Future Children Education and Internet - page 222

Date Level Title Short abstract

students to comprehend the city and
its cartographic representation
(Santos 2006 )

2006 D The official curriculum and the

curriculum practiced by teachers of a
particular network

The researcher discussed the teacher's
practices who participated in this
networking group. The focus of the
research was the material dimensions
and symbols of the idea of “place”
(Gon¸alves 2006 )

2006 D The connection between orality and

visuality: reading the world through
maps

The researcher discusses the connection
between orality and visuality on the
thematic maps in the Atlas of Rio
Claro. She uses Deleuze's theory of
mediation and the presuppositions of
Mikhail Bahktin ( 1981 ) and Lev
Vygotsky (1988) as references
(Aguiar 2006 )

2007 D Establishing fundamental Theories for

the Internet Atlas Executed and
applied in the Brazilian Primary
Education System

This research uses the school atlas of Rio
Claro (Sao Paulo State, Brazil) as a
case study. The original files used for
the production of the paper atlas were
evaluated and then procedures for
converting them to an SVG product
were developed. To achieve this goal,
different graphical packages were
evaluated and an interactive
prototype was built in using
JavaScript. The interface was
developed using simple colors and
basic shapes, so that the final template
can be implemented by people with a
basic knowledge of graphic design,
and little prior knowledge of SVG.
The online atlas prototype was
implemented and tested in real class
situations in Brazil (Ramos 2007 )

[Held at RMIT University, Melbourne,
Au, under the supervision of William
Cartwright]

2008 M Here, there and everywhere: ways and

experiences of teachers in teaching
of place

Upon looking at ethnographic records of
the classes of three teachers the
researcher realized that knowledge
and mainly the involvement of the
teacher with the place where that
teach interferes to a great extent in
their classes. The use of a local atlas
doesn't change the teacher's way of
teaching, rather the notion that the
teacher has of the place (Camargo
2008 )

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