Concepções de tecnologia em um curso integrado de informática: cultura do software livre na formação humana

Abstract

This research is linked to Research Line 2, Organization and Memories of Pedagogical Spaces in Professional and Technological Education (EPT) of the Graduate Program in Professional and Technological Education in the National Network - ProfEPT of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Farroupilha. The aim was to understand conceptions of technology and their implications for the possibilities and limits for the development of Free Software Culture (CSL) in the Integrated High School Computer Science Technical Course (EMI) at the Professora Maria Rocha State High School, considering a study on the Philosophy of Technology. To this end, a bibliographical survey was carried out on Álvaro Vieira Pinto's concept of technology as a backdrop, identifying characteristics of the CSL that enhance greater autonomy in technological production. CSL as an open educational resource is necessary (although not sufficient) for building autonomy in the production of knowledge, given that Free Software (FS) has its source code available to the student to make any modifications they deem necessary to a system. In this way, students produce technological knowledge according to local needs and can understand that technology is Work, as it goes far beyond the consumption of proprietary software. Semi-structured interviews were therefore carried out with teachers of the subjects that make up the EMI Computer Science modality at the Professor Maria Rocha School. As this was a qualitative study, the results obtained were analyzed using Textual Discourse Analysis, which aimed to understand the relationship between CSL and the concepts of technology in AVP. The educational product of the work was a website, which contains material on Álvaro Vieira Pinto and, finally, content on SL. The final considerations include an analysis of the main results of the research, such as the use of SL in EMI, the revision of EMI's PPC and the validation of the educational product by the participants, as well as the continuation of this study.