UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE MOÇAMBIQUE

INSTITUTO DE EDUCAÇÃO À DISTÂNCIA

Tema do Trabalho:
GEOGRAPHY: ESSAY WRITTEN ABOUT MY COURSE

Docente: Nome e Código do Estudante:

Lawrence nhemachena Fasustina Lobo Rocha Segurar
708212820

Curso: Licenciatura em Ensino de Geografia

Disciplina: English
Ano de Frequência: 1º Ano

MILANGE, MAIO DO ANO 2022

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Índice

1. Introduction..................................................................................................................... 1

1.1. Objectives .................................................................................................................... 2

1.1.1. General…………………………………………………………………………..2
1.1.1. Specific’s………………………………………………………………………..2

1.2. Methodology ................................................................................................................ 2

2. Geography: Essay Written About My Course ................................................................ 3

2.1. Geography .................................................................................................................... 3

2.2. About My Course......................................................................................................... 3

2.3. Modality ....................................................................................................................... 4

2.4. Contents ....................................................................................................................... 4

2.5. Duration ....................................................................................................................... 5

2.6. Skills ............................................................................................................................ 5

2.6.1. Know (Knowledge)……………………………………………………………...6

2.6.2. Know-how (Skills)………………………………………………………………6
2.6.3. Knowing how to be and being (values and attitudes)…………………………...6

2.7. Future Plans, Dreams and Aspirations ......................................................................... 7

3. Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 9

4. Reference’s Bibliographical ......................................................................................... 10

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1. Introduction
The term Geography comes from the Greek words geo and graphos, meaning, respectively,
Earth and to write. Geography is the scientific study of the Earth's surface, with the aim of
describing and analyzing the spatial variation of physical, biological and human phenomena
that take place on the surface of the terrestrial globe. It is considered one of the oldest
sciences developed by Western civilization, bringing its basic concepts outlined in Ancient
Greece, where it developed as a science and method of philosophical thought. At first it was
known as Natural History or Natural Philosophy. We can highlight Tales of Miletus,
Herodotus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Aristotle, Strabo and Ptolemy as major contributors in
the development of Geography studies.

Studying Geography is a way of understanding the world we live in. Through this study, we
can better understand the place where we live (city, rural area) and the country we are part of,
as well as other countries on the earth's surface. Knowledge of Geography can also
encompass the study of a people, a civilization over a territory; ultimately, the relationship
between man and nature, mediated by work, resulting in geographic space. Geography is
defined as the science that studies the relationship between society and nature. Therefore,
geographic space is a historical product of human activity.

The present work aims to develop an essay about my current course, including its modality,
content, duration and other important or relevant information. During the development of the
theme I will describe my plans, dreams and aspirations for the future after completing this
course. The work has the following structure: cover; Feedback Sheet; Sheet for improvement
recommendations: To be filled in by the tutor; index; introduction; objectives; methodology;
analysis and discussion (development); final considerations (conclusion); and bibliographic
references.

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1.1.Objectives
1.1.1. General
 Write an essay about your current course, including your modality.

1.1.1. Specific’s
 Describe the geography course in Mozambique;
 Identify the modality, content and duration of the course;
 Explain my plans, dreams and aspirations for the future after completing
this course.

1.2.Methodology
The present work was carried out based on the rules of publication of kinetic works of the
UCM. For the development of the theme in question, we resorted to reading several literary
works, articles and manuals that address issues related to the theme. As it is not enough, we
also resorted to the use of the internet.

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2. Geography: Essay Written About My Course
2.1.Geography
Geography is the science that studies geographic space and the relationship between society
and the environment. It is not a geographic space that is established as human relationships.
The importance of Geography is related to the need to know the geographic space and this can
be understood as the space produced by man and that is in constant transformation over time.
We can say, then, that the geographic space has a historical character and, therefore, is
capable of telling the story and the characteristics of human action on the environment in
which it lives.

However, it is not only about knowledge about the names of countries, their capitals,
population data, etc., but also about explaining the dynamics of actions in space, which are
not disconnected from time. For example: the dynamics of the transformation of spaces in the
city, the agrarian logic, the distribution of social movements, the surface geomorphological
structure of the Earth, among others.

Geography's main objective is to understand the dynamics of space to assist in the planning of
human actions on it. Understanding how landforms, climatic phenomena, social compositions,
human habits in different places are essential for the maintenance of life in societies. Studying
geographic space can be useful to unravel and understand socio-spatial problems. The
importance of Geography lies in its contributions to the knowledge of human space and its
forms of transformation and occupation.

2.2.About My Course
The Basic Geographic Education Teaching Course, with broad and permanent Degrees in
Education for Transformations and Adjustment Training for Scientific and Basic
Development; Basic to serving different vocations and skills, and for social and professional
action in a world of product and service development of productivity and quality of
conditions.

The course aims at training for the development of professional skills in the teaching area,
creation to articulate, mobilize and in action knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to
respond, in an original and creative way, with efficiency and effectiveness, to the challenges
of the world. from work.

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With the future that is still for the formation, anticipating the challenges that await in the
future that is not known the outline. It seeks learning and a problem-solving, a totally
intellectual process, created in creative ways and teaching a professional committed to
curiosity and to the resolution of the reality of reality.

2.3.Modality
The course that the UCM - CED offers is carried out in the distance learning model,
exclusively and in the e-Learning modality. This application is a pedagogical model in which
learning is based on the student who requires greater autonomy in the search for knowledge,
through their interaction with the tutor and with other students, via the Moodle Platform. On
this platform, defined as a virtual learning management space, the student finds and carries
out online learning activities: interaction with the tutor through forums, chats and estimates.

2.4.Contents
The course is based on books called modules or subjects. These modules can be electronic or
in physical format. However, the course has 36 modules or strong disciplines in general and
specific disciplines. These are taken in eight semesters, which makes four years. The general
and specific subject numbers change each year, as described in the following table.

CONTENT COVERED IN THE GEOGRAPHY COURSE

YEAR SEMESTER
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Expressions techniques
English language
Scientific investigation methodologies Climatogeography
1st Year I Evolution of geographic knowledge
Statistic General Geology
Psycology pedogeology
Didactic
Learnig pratice I
Emergency of Philosophy Cartography
Scientific investigation methodologies Didactic of geography I
2nd Year
II Geography of Mozambique I
Psycology of development Geomophology

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 Learning pratice II hidrogeography
HIV-AIDS, abilities of life
Didactic of geography II
Geography of Mozambique II
Biogeography
Social ethic Physic geography’s methods and
3rd Year
Teology catholic foundations techniques
Geography of transport and
communication
Agricultural and industrial
Enviromentals studies I
Enviromentals studies II
Geography of urbanismo
4th Year Professional ethic
Regional geography
Techniques and methologies in human
geography
Source: Adapted by the Author 2022

2.5.Duration
My course lasts for 4 curricular years, and the 4 years are divided into 8 semesters. The 36
modules are studied for one thousand four hundred and sixty days, two hundred and eight
weeks, eight semesters, which makes four years.

2.6.Skills
The graduate in Geography Teaching is a qualified professional, with high critical awareness,
with the ability to conduct scientific research in this field of knowledge with relative
autonomy, as well as to develop scientific research projects.

This modality of training teachers and education technicians confers competences, skills and
attitudes that enable the graduate to promote curricular learning, disseminating their
professional practice in a specific knowledge resulting from the production and use of various
knowledge, namely knowledge, knowing how to do and knowing how to be and be. However,
at the end of my training I, as a graduate, must acquire the above mentioned skills.

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2.6.1. Know (Knowledge)
At the end of the course, the Graduate in Geography Teaching:

Master key concepts in geography;

Outline strategies for mediation of geographic knowledge in the classroom;
Structure your reasoning in a logical and coherent way, in order to carry out your
activities efficiently.

2.6.2. Know-how (Skills)

The self as a graduate of the Licentiate in Teaching Geography course at the end of my
training should be able to:

Develop the ability to learn by their own means;

Develop mastery of instruments for acquiring knowledge;
Develop differentiated pedagogical strategies, leading to the success and achievement
of each student within the framework of cultural diversity and heterogeneity of
subjects, mobilizing values, knowledge, cultural and social experiences of students;
Discover the pleasure of understanding knowledge and discovery, stimulating
intellectual curiosity, critical sense and understanding of reality.
Participate in research projects related to the teaching and learning of students;
Use information and communication technologies, promoting the acquisition of basic
skills in this field;
Develop differentiated pedagogical strategies, conducive to the success and
achievement of each student within the framework of cultural diversity and
heterogeneity of subjects, mobilizing values, knowledge, cultural and social
experiences of students.

2.6.3. Knowing how to be and being (values and attitudes)

Graduates of the Degree in Geography Teaching must have an ethical-professional posture of
impartiality, objectivity and assume the values of citizenship and commitment to the
objectives and priorities of the country's development, that is, they must know and live the
demands, values and ethical and deontological principles specific to the activity it carries out
in the service of the common good:

It identifies itself by example in its relationship with society, through its collaboration
with all the actors in the educational process;
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 It values the school as a privileged place for sociocultural development, cooperating
with other institutions in the community and participating in their projects;
Develops personal, social and professional skills and must be open to new theories,
methodologies and teaching and innovation techniques;
It reflects on its actions and practices, relying on research and other resources
currently in vogue;
It integrates knowledge in the fight against discrimination and exclusion;
Research, identify and resolve problematic and conflict situations critically among
students, colleagues and in their community respecting the opinions and ideas of
others;
It values human relationships and the role of dialogue in carrying out the educational
task.
It develops personal, social and professional skills and must be open to new theories,
methodologies and teaching techniques and innovations, and seeks this knowledge as
a form of personal appreciation and the environments in which it operates.

It is not enough for professionals to have knowledge about their work. It is essential that you
know how to mobilize this knowledge, converting it into action. The Degree in Geography
Teaching covers contents and activities that constitute the basis for the training of
professionals in this area, capable of meeting the profile already exposed. In this direction, the
course directs its pedagogical work so that I, as the future professional, can reach and possess
the competences listed for their profession.

2.7.Future Plans, Dreams and Aspirations

I, as a future graduate in Geography Teaching, hope that I will be a professional who will be
able to meet the needs of society, in the teaching of the subject of Geography, in general
secondary education institutions and technical-professional education, where I will be able to
carry out my teaching activities par excellence and other existing activities, not only, but also,
I will dedicate myself to social and scientific research in institutions not directed to teaching
and/or the community and society in general. Specifically, as a degree in Geography Teaching
I hope to be able to:

Teach the subject of Geography in the 1st and 2nd Cycle of General Secondary
Education with a high level of competence and scientific knowledge;

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 Develop research on social, didactic, pedagogical and scientific aspects related to the
area of Geography to improve the quality of teaching and learning;
Manage and administer Primary and Secondary Schools, Teacher Training Institutes
and Special Education Schools;
Scientifically interpret the geographical phenomena of the environment in which they
are inserted, with a view to helping society to perceive them in order to build new
values and virtues and preserve the existing ones;
Participate in non-teaching school activities such as class management, leadership of
subject groups, pedagogical supervision and school administration;
Work in administrative and pedagogical sectors related to the teaching of Geography
in bodies of the Ministry of Education;
Assimilate new educational knowledge and reflect on the intellectual behavior that
society expects from their performance as an education professional;
Critically evaluate teaching materials such as books and alternative materials
Correctly use communication techniques and the language of instruction in oral and
written terms.

The formation of the graduate in Geography teaching, in addition to the general part, will
involve the mastery of solid knowledge in various fields of research, which should be directly
linked to the didactic, pedagogical and methodological aspects of Education in general and in
the teaching of Geography in particular.

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3. Conclusion
we can conclude then that, the Basic Geographic Education Teaching Course, with broad and
permanent Degrees in Education for Transformations and Adjustment Training for Scientific
and Basic Development; Basic to serving different vocations and skills, and for social and
professional action in a world of product and service development of productivity and quality
of conditions. The course aims at training for the development of professional skills in the
teaching area, creation to articulate, mobilize and in action knowledge, skills, values and
attitudes to respond, in an original and creative way, with efficiency and effectiveness, to the
challenges of the world. from work. With the future that is still for the formation, anticipating
the challenges that await in the future that is not known the outline. It seeks learning and a
problem-solving, a totally intellectual process, created in creative ways and teaching a
professional committed to curiosity and to the resolution of the reality of reality.

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4. Reference’s Bibliographical
Gouws, S. & Latti, M. (2012). Learning English. Learner’s book-6th class. (1st ed.). Maputo,
Moçambique: Longman

Manuel, C., Gouws, S. & Latti, M. (2016). Learning english. Pupil’s book-7th class. (15th
ed.). Maputo, Moçambique: Longman.

Plano curricular do ensino de geografia UCM.

Torres, Rosa Maria. (2001). Educação para todos: a tarefa por fazer. Porto Alegre, Artmed.

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