Uso de mapas digitais interativos como ferramenta em educação para a redução de riscos e desastres

Abstract

Global climate changes demand significant alterations in daily life, particularly in building the resilience necessary for human survival on Planet Earth. The risks, already inherent in the consolidation of societies, become more evident, and vulnerability increases—especially for marginalized populations with limited access to education, healthcare, and infrastructure. In this context, education, through its teachers, must act on behalf of these societies, seeking to minimize the impacts they will suffer by means of educational tools. Thus, this research sought to understand how the use of an interactive map, combined with Critical Environmental Education (CEE), contributes to the production of knowledge embedded in the teaching of Environmental Sciences (ES) and capable of discussing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Following this direction, the research was developed based on the formation of a theoretical framework capable of elucidating risks, vulnerability, and disasters; on the consolidation of a CEE that, when associated with the principles of DRR, becomes an Education for Disaster Risk Reduction (EDRR); and on understanding cartography, particularly school cartography and the use of digital maps. The general objective of this research was to create a guide on the use of digital maps via the Google My Maps platform. The specific objectives were to clarify the importance of EDRR in disaster prevention; instruct students and teachers on the use of Google My Maps as an educational tool; and produce didactic material on risk, vulnerability, and disasters. The research was based on the empirical-analytical method, and the product was developed following the assumptions of the 5Cs Pedagogy. The digital guide was designed to reduce implicit and explicit barriers to the use of digital tools in formal and non-formal education environments, aiming to contribute to the reduction of digital and cartographic illiteracy and to equip teachers and students to produce digital maps highlighting problems encountered in their communities.