Memórias agroecológicas e as relações com a educação profissional tecnológica

Abstract

Agroecology is a science that goes far beyond simple food production, since in addition to productive aspects, it also encompasses social, political and human issues, and is correlated with the comprehensive education that the Federal Institutes advocate. From this perspective, and in opposition to the current agrarian production model, which is based solely on the generation and accumulation of income, this master's research is being developed, together with the Postgraduate Program in Professional and Technological Education (PROFEPT), since it is understood that agribusiness, in addition to being highly damaging to the environment, also generates exclusion and exploitation of a large part of the individuals involved, while agroecology, on the contrary, seeks to respect natural resources as well as value the people who work in the countryside. Focused on the research line Organization and Memories of Pedagogical Spaces in Professional and Technological Education and on Macroproject 4: stories and memories in the context of EPT, this work has a qualitative nature and is designed in the form of a case study, with the general objective of investigating what memories students of the Agricultural Technician course at the Instituto Federal Farroupilha (IFFar) São Vicente do Sul campus have in relation to agroecology and what relationships can be established with the purposes of Professional and Technological Education; and as specific objectives: to record the memories and understandings of students of the Agricultural Technician course in relation to agroecology; to interview teachers in relation to agroecological knowledge and the training of agricultural technicians; and, to develop, apply and evaluate the Educational Product in podcast format. The target audience consists of students over 18 years old, duly enrolled in the Agricultural Technician course at IFFAR-SVS and teachers of disciplines indicated in the documentary analysis through the term “agroecology” present in the curriculum syllabus. The Content Analysis methodology proposed by Bardin (2011) was used to process the data. The results of the bibliographic research which explored the descriptor “agroecological memories” resulted in a brief mapping of scientific productions on this topic. The documentary research analyzed the Course Pedagogical Projects (PPCs) of the courses of the Natural Resources Axis of IFFAR campus in São Vicente do Sul; the Institutional Development Plan (PDI) of IFFAR and Law 11892/2008, where it was found that the term “agroecology” is rarely mentioned within the syllabuses of the courses analyzed and is normally found as an indication of complementary bibliography or in elective disciplines. Specifically in the Agricultural Technician course, it was found only six times distributed in four disciplines. The field research indicated, through the memories of students and teachers, that few teachers work on the theme of agroecology within the training of Agricultural Technicians, a fact that is basically related to their experiences, memories and profile. As for the students, it was noticed that in general they have an idea of what agroecology is, this conception being the result of experiences with their family or approaches carried out by teachers. Keywords: Agroecology; Memoirs; Professional and Technological Education.