Abordagem dos impactos ambientais da mineração de ferro nos livros didáticos de Geografia: o estudo de caso dos livros didáticos do 6º ano adotados nas escolas de Catas Altas-MG Ouro Preto 2026

Abstract

The project addresses the environmental theme of iron mining in the textbooks of 6th grade students in two public schools (state and municipal school) in the city of Catas Altas-Minas Gerais (MG). The purpose of this study is to investigate how the Geography textbooks used in Elementary School II address the issues of environmental impacts, both positive and negative, of iron mining on the Earth's surface, with a specific focus on the materials used by 6th grade students. Furthermore, the guiding research question is presented: do the 6th-grade Geography textbooks adopted in Catas Altas-MG provide an adequate approach to the environmental impacts of iron mining, and to what extent does this approach contribute to the development of the student's reflective thinking about the reality of the municipality's territory? The methodology applied in this research project follows a theoretical-descriptive approach in the light of the inductive method and the empirical framework, with the following stages of data collection and analysis: a) documentary analysis of the Geography textbooks for Elementary School II (6th grade) used in Catas Altas MG, focusing on the theme of environmental damage from iron mining in the Iron Quadrangle; b) Description of the possible approaches to the contents of the environmental theme of iron mining in the Geography textbooks of the Iron Quadrangle. c) research of documents and literature (bibliographic research) on iron mining; and d) production of geography paradidactic material on environmental damage caused by iron mining in the Iron Quadrangle. This work aims to contextualize iron ore production within the scope of themes related to geography teaching, organizing the data through content research, and proposing the following contents for the creation of geography paradidactic material: socioeconomic impacts and environmental impacts. In this context, the paradidactic material will present an approach to teaching geography, contemplating the physical-natural and socioeconomic characteristics that are peculiar to the Iron Quadrangle region, with a focus on Elementary School II. During the research in textbooks, it was observed that the results regarding the approach to the topic of the environmental impacts of iron mining were not adequately explored, according to their local, regional and global relevance. Keywords: Geography Teaching. Environmental impacts. Paradidactic material. Iron mining.