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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
7. The Transition from the Analytic to Synthesis Reasoning in the Maps of Geographic School Atlases for Children
Author : Marcello Martinelli
Published in: Maps for the Future
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Abstract
At the end of nineteenth century, geographic school atlases gained credit among didactic materials. The “Atlas do Império do Brazil” of Almeida was the first Brazilian school Atlas. Currently there are many geographic school atlases on a variety of formats. Elaborating a school atlas is not a simple task. The first step for its coordination is the integrated interlacement of two fundamental orientations: the teaching of the map, based on the construction of the space notion by the student and its representation; and the teaching through the map, founded on the knowledge of the world from the nearby—the place—to the distant—the worldwide space. Regarding thematic maps, the representation of the reality can be carried out within analytic or synthesis reasoning. Analytic maps represent places, paths or areas characterized by attributes or variables. Synthesis maps identify groupings of places, paths or areas characterized by groupings of attributes or variables.