Contribuições, historicidade e memórias do campus São Vicente do Sul

Abstract

This work is part of the Organization and Memories of pedagogical spaces in Professional and Technological Education research line of the Master's in Professional and Technological Education – ProfEPT. The São Vicente do Sul campus welcomes students from across the region and the country in its various courses, and many of them do not know the trajectory of the institution throughout its existence. The research is based on the principle that we can improve what already existsin terms of of the institution's information, based on the assumption of aggregating information about the campus in a clear and objective way, through an educational product, to be created, using resources available on the campus page. In this sense, the central objective of the project is to analyze the trajectory of the IFFar Campus – SVS, its different phases and transformations, as well as its contributions to the local community. Thus, the proposal to give visibility to the identity and history of the São Vicente do Sul Campus, whether individual or collective, is necessary to preserve the institution's notable facts, essentially focused on professional training, social, local and regional economic development. The purpose of the study is exploratory in nature, as the aim was to create familiarity with the historicity and memories of the São Vicente do Sul Campus. The data extraction process was carried out using semi-structured questionnaires with the institution's employees, students from institution and community members using Google Forms, in addition to document analysis in the institution's files. In this sense, this qualitative research sought to listen to the different actors who passed through the campus, so that they could report their experiences while they were at the institution or had some other form of contact through extension projects or courses offered. Data analysis was carried out using Discursive Textual Analysis (DTA). As for the results of the study, bringing the historical trajectory of an institution, with ATD as its guide, the categorized responses of the three groups of interviewees, Students, Employees and Community, were initially dismembered, providing an understanding for extracting the essence of the opinions mentioned in the answers. Thus, the intercessory responses point out in common that the São Vicente do Sul Campus, from its foundation to the present day, was a reference in their lives, from the moment they entered the institution, and that also, the courses offered meet what they were looking for in terms of intellectual and civic training. In addition to this, the questionnaire participants, in common across the three groups, mentioned that the São Vicente do Sul Campus brought to the municipality a greater movement of people, new commercial establishments and even an increase in the urban plan of the city, which until recently Some time ago, its economic activities were livestock farming and agriculture. Thus, in a conclusive overview, it must be highlighted the contribution of IFFar-SVS, over almost 65 years, in appreciating the pluralism of ideas and conceptions, in working through curricular and pedagogical projects, opportunities that involve political issues, social and economic, bringing training and training in human material to be actors in the socio-economic development of the City.