Carvalho, Ricardo José Matos deMendes, Adricia Fonseca2021-12-062021-12-062019-06-06MENDES, Adricia Fonseca; CARVALHO, Ricardo José Matos de. Condução de oficinas com grupos focais: uma pesquisa com alunos do ensino fundamental i para investigação da percepção de riscos de desastres. Revista de Geociências do Nordeste, [S.L.], v. 5, p. 35-48, 6 jun. 2019. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN. http://dx.doi.org/10.21680/2447-3359.2019v5n0id17968. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/revistadoregne/article/view/17968. Acesso em: 9 nov. 2021.2447-3359https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/45201Childrensin elementary school I spend at least 20% of their daily time and, nearly, 35% of their awoken time inside the school. Despite the condition of vulnerability that they may encounter, the childrens can not be seen as passive victims in front of disasters, because, they can act in these situations, and also participate in all matters that affect their lives. On the face of this, this research aims to know what is the perception that the students from the 5th graders of the Elementary School I from a state public school of the burgh Mãe Luíza (Natal/RN) have of the risks of disasters related to the burgh where they live/studyand their schools. Therefore, four workshops were held in which the students were invited to talk about their perceptions about disasters risks, from the following motivating themes: notions about disasters, causes of disasters, possibility of disasters occurrence, memories of the landslide occurred in 2014 in the Mãe Luíza neighborhood, communication on disaster risk and relation between the community and the institutions involved in disaster risk management. Among the main results are the difficulties demonstrated by the students relating to the understanding the notion of disasters and their causes and the limitation of knowledge that they have about the municipal organ Civil of Protection and Defense. It is intended with the results of this research to contribute to the formulation of public policies and actions of protection and civil defenseAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/br/CriançasEscolaPercepção de riscos de desastresarticle10.21680/2447-3359.2019v5n0id17968