Impactos socioambientais na região dos Campos Gerais: o caso da represa do Alagados na perspectiva de estudantes

Abstract

Currently, civilization has set unsustainable development milestones, leading to severe degradation of nature. In the present work, the students' capacity of reflection about the environmental impacts of the Alagados Dam in the city of Ponta Grossa/PR was increased. The general objective of the research was to make students aware of the socio-environmental impacts from the perspective of geography teaching in an inverted classroom methodology focused on environmental education. The methodology used was qualitative and exploratory in nature, and the methodological procedures were carried out in eight stages: 1st moment - beginning with a questionnaire; 2nd moment - working on themes related to the National Curriculum Parameters (PCN), through an expositive class; 3rd moment - presenting slides with images and videos about the subject; 4th moment - summary list containing positive and negative impacts; 5th moment - dialectical discussion; 6th moment - texts as supporting material; 7th moment - research on themes related to environmental impacts; and 8th moment - ending with a questionnaire. The practice was developed in a state school in Ponta Grossa/PR, with students in their first year of high school, using digital technologies such as Google Classroom, Google Meet, and WhatsApp groups. The results allowed us to identify, from the analysis performed, the students' conceptions regarding irregular occupation, excessive land use, deforestation, exploratory fishing, burning, open dumps, and the lack of a sewage system, and their relations with the social issues of science and technology. The reservoir concentrates several visible and debatable environmental impacts, which are addressed in the proposal for educators to use with their students or in contexts that present similar realities to those faced by the municipality. In summary, the results were positive as expected by the researcher, the awareness and concern of the development of the research allowed the elaboration of an educational product that presents methodological procedures, starting from the problematic involving the Alagados Dam.