SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES – A TEACHING SEQUENCE AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR TEACHING WIND ENERGY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
Environmental Education; Wind Energy; Science Education; Environmental Impact Study; Teaching Sequence; Rio Grande do Norte.
This article focuses on the use of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a pedagogical tool for teaching wind energy, analyzing its potential to promote socio-environmental and economic awareness among 8th grade middle school students. The proposal was implemented through an interdisciplinary teaching-learning sequence, based on the methodology of the Three Pedagogical Moments, combined with the theoretical framework of Schneuwly and Dolz, and applied in a public school located in Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte. The activities included games, experimental practices, case studies, document analysis, and a mock trial. This study is justified by the relevance of critically addressing the contradictions surrounding wind energy expansion in Rio Grande do Norte — the leading wind energy producer in Brazil — and by the need to diversify pedagogical proposals that integrate science, the environment, and local realities. The research is applied in nature, exploratory in design, and follows a qualitative approach. Data will be collected through questionnaires, participant observation, and analysis of students' productions, and analyzed using Discursive Textual Analysis. Expected results aim to reveal relationships between the use of EIA in school contexts and the problematization of socio-environmental conflicts, fostering critical thinking and student engagement with energy and territorial issues in their surroundings.