Potencialidades e desafios do Ensino Médio Integrado para uma formação integral : um estudo de caso

Abstract

The present study is linked to the line of Organization and Memories of Pedagogical Spaces in Professional Technological Education, of the Master's Degree in Professional and Technological Education at the Federal Institute of Education (IFFar) – Jaguari Campus. The general aim was to investigate the potential and challenges of Integrated High School (IHS) for students’s Comprehensive Training on the computer science course at IFFar Uruguaiana Advanced Campus. To this end, a qualitative methodology was used, a case study type, through a questionnaire as data collection procedures for third year students of the campus' computer science course. The data were analyzed using Textual Discourse Analysis, by Moraes and Galiazzi (2006) and revealed challenges and potential of IHS for Comprehensive Formation based on six main points: as challenges a) Breaking professionalization conception, b) The integration of general and specific content, and c) Work as an educational principle; and as potentialities a) Integrated Professional Practice, b) the sociology class, and c) Teaching, researching and extension projects and Extracurricular Activities. This study culmination resulted in the video “The Farroupilha Federal Institute and the Integrated High School”, an educational product which aims to protect the proposal for comprehensive and integrated training, strengthening public and high-quality education developed by the Federal Institutes.