Os dilemas socioambientais na Amazônia no período do (des)governo Bolsonaro através de um videogame como recurso educativo

Abstract

This study seeks to analyze the socio-environmental dilemmas in the Amazon during the Bolsonaro government period (2019-2022) through an innovative educational approach: the use of a video game as an educational resource. The research is based on the issues surrounding the intensification of environmental degradation, neoliberal advancement, and the peripheralization of life—problems evident during this period, which can be addressed through an informative process mediated by a video game. Thus, this study focuses on the worsening socio-environmental dilemmas in the Amazon during the period, which not only influenced the forest itself but also had significant global impacts. This project aims, therefore, to create an innovative and engaging educational resource to educate students about these critical issues, with the goal of generating greater awareness and commitment to socio-environmental challenges, mediated by the teacher. The scope of the research concentrates on the period from 2019 to 2022, involving IFG students in the creation of missions within the video game, addressing each of the three aspects of the dilemmas considered. The general objective of the research is to construct an educational proposal about the intensification of socio-environmental dilemmas in the Amazon, using the video game as an educational resource. The specific objectives include engaging students in discussions about the socio-environmental impacts of transformations in the Amazon, student participation in the construction of video game missions, and the materialization of this video game as an educational product in the formative process, mediated by the teacher. This research is a case study that employs content analysis methodology through the technique of categorization to outline paths within the categories in the construction of the educational product: a collaborative video game. The developed educational product constitutes a pedagogical resource to engage students through teacher mediation in critical and interactive learning about the socio-environmental dilemmas in the Amazon. Mediated by the teacher, it serves as an educational resource capable of promoting awareness and reflection on critical environmental issues, demonstrating the potential of digital games in the field of environmental education.