SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF SAVANNAH: ONE CASE STUDY RESEARCH SCHOOL ALEXANDRE LEAL COSTA IN WEST BAHIA - DOI 10.5216/bgg.v33i2.25558

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the reflections made on the basis of social representations – drawings and written – coming from the Pedagogical Intervention Project: Action Research (IPP-PA) developed in the discipline of Supervised Internship in Geography, “Social representations of the West Cerrados Bahia. “The research was conducted with students in 1st year high school Alexandre Leal Costa in the town of Barreiras - BA, in 2011. The methodology was based on the principles of Geography School supported by the methodological procedures of Action-Research which seek to intervene in the reality studied. Also, used the audiovisual resource as a methodological procedure. Social representations of Savannah by the students are defined in three types: Cerrados dehumanized, use and occupation stereotyped and future scenarios: desertification and urbanization.