Formação socioambiental e gestão de resíduos sólidos no IFG – Câmpus Jataí: desafios e possibilidades.

Abstract

This thesis resulted from a research conducted during the Doctorate in Science and Mathematics Education. The research problem that guided this study was: to what extent did the research and extension projects developed at the Federal Institute of Goiás – Jataí Campus, between 2019 and 2023, incorporate the socio-environmental formation proposed in institutional documents, and what were the limits and potentialities of this process? Based on the Historical-Dialectical Materialism method, the study sought to understand how research and extension projects, as well as institutional practices related to solid waste management, developed at IFG – Jataí Campus from 2019 to 2023, incorporated — or did not incorporate — socio-environmental training actions and guidelines foreseen in institutional documents, analyzing them in light of the perspective of integral human development. From this perspective, the research included: a literature review of academic productions published between 2018 and 2023 addressing environmental issues, with emphasis on solid waste and socio-environmental formation; an analysis of work as an educational principle, based on philosophical and critical foundations, investigating its implications for integral human formation and the contradictions imposed by capitalist logic in the educational field; an analysis of the socio-environmental crisis from the structural determinations of capitalism, discussing how the prevailing model of production and consumption impacts the relationship between society and nature; a reflection on socio-environmental formation as a concrete possibility for facing contemporary environmental challenges; an analysis of research and extension projects developed at IFG – Jataí Campus between 2019 and 2023, and interviews with the proposers of these projects, aiming to verify how they addressed socio-environmental formation, considering their conceptions and practices, and to what extent these projects align with institutional guidelines that propose the student’s integral formation. The analysis of the collected data was based on the principles of Content Analysis. From this analysis, it was observed that research and extension representation, at IFG – Jataí Campus, privileged spaces for developing socio-environmental formation practices; however, the lack of effective involvement of institutional management significantly compromises the transformative potential of research and extension actions aimed at socio-environmental formation within the Campus. Based on the research results, the e-book “Socio-environmental formation: collectively developing the solid waste management plan (SWMP)” was proposed, aiming to provide theoretical and methodological tools that support the collective construction of the SWMP within the institution. The proposal seeks to transform the elaboration of the SWMP into a formative, dialogical, and continuous process involving students, staff, and administrators.