%0 Journal Article %T A importancia do mapa no contexto escola %A Mafalda Nesi Francischett %J Geografia Ensino & Pesquisa %D 2011 %I Universidade Federal de Santa Maria %X Reading a map is more than appreciate its apparent meaning, given the historical background that surrounds determined place and time as its know-how of planning and constructing it. Reading a map critically implies learning, appreciate, decode and interpret, analyzing both the form and its structure and function. The construction technique infers and interferes in the subject¡¯s reading and understanding,considering mainly the school maps whose contents represent concrete situations at school context. By deciding to provide a map for a reader-student, the teacher needs to consider the content, form, meaning and the material quality that will be presented, because this decision must enable clarity for the enunciation %K Education %K School Cartography %K Language %K Map %U http://cascavel.ufsm.br/revistageografia/index.php/revistageografia/article/view/210/169