Urban Public Spaces: Places for geographical Learning

Urban public spaces display an interesting opportunity for teachers as places for learning. They are an excellent educational resource to accomplish programmed goals and competences in Geography for the Secondary and High school. Typological diversity of open public spaces allows analyzing not only elements of the structure and morphology in town, but also encouraged to reflect on the important role they represent for the whole society. We present a didactic proposal for the subject Geography and History at the Secondary School that includes a precise selection of the public spaces to analyses and the elaboration of specific worksheets, with the goal of exploring their role in organizing the urban fabric, environmental quality, security and accessibility; and in peoples' uses and practices. Additionally, this exercise will foster observational, cartographic and communicative skills, collaborative work, critical capacity and participation.