Memorial descritivo: formação e prática docente na licenciatura em Geografia

Abstract

In this academic memoir, I describe and analyze my personal, academic, and professional trajectory, focusing on the construction of my professional identity as a Geography teacher. I revisit memories from childhood and basic education, the discovery of Geography as a field of knowledge, and my undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral studies, developed in parallel with my licensure program. I particularly emphasize the experiences of the Supervised Curricular Internships carried out in public schools in Fortaleza between 2022 and 2023. The experiences of observation, teaching practice, and pedagogical intervention, including playful activities, environmental education workshops, specialized educational support, and the use of active methodologies, are analyzed as fundamental moments in the articulation between theory and practice, contributing to the consolidation of my teaching practice. I also discuss contemporary challenges in education, such as the implementation of Brazil’s New High School Reform, the precarization of teaching work, and the need for a critical, contextualized, and socially committed Geography education. Finally, I reaffirm teaching as a space of belonging, continuing professional development, and daily reinvention.