Estudo de caso da população jovem do município de Agudo/RS sobre resíduos sólidos urbanos com a utilização de jogos didáticos

Abstract

The unrestrained generation of solid waste is a problem faced by all countries, especially in developing countries. The lack of waste separation, low-scale recycling and the incorrect disposal of many of these wastes contribute to the contamination of soil, water, air and even health problems in the population. An alternative to improve the problem of solid waste is to work on environmental education with the population at all ages. Thus, the work proposes to evaluate the understanding of young people in the municipality of Agudo/RS in relation to urban solid waste. The research was carried out with elementary school students in the sixth years of the Municipal Elementary School Santos Reis, through questionnaires and didactic games. We evaluated the degree of knowledge that students aged 11 and 12 have about urban solid waste and how much they are motivated to act correctly. In addition to using didactic games, together with explanations related to the theme, an attempt was made to motivate students to think more about conserving the environment and to have positive attitudes regarding the solid waste they produce. For this, questionnaires were also used before and after the activities, to verify if the proposed activities were really effective for the objective of the work. To guide the students' performance, the students' interest was taken into account, at the time of the activities, performance in each didactic applied, in addition to the answers provided before and after the recreation time. The children's mood for each practice was also evaluated, as a method of verifying the ability to keep the children motivated and interested, where all activities were considered positive, because at all times the students participated, committed themselves and paid attention to what was proposed. At the end, it was evaluated whether the activities had a positive result to be considered a teaching method for children, the main criterion was carried out by comparing the performance of the students' responses before and after the proposed activities. The expected and achieved result consisted of an improvement in the children's responses after the dynamics and games were performed, in addition to the students accepting the proposal and didactic games.