A pedagogia de projetos na aprendizagem participativa de alunos da educação profissional utilizando a produção de mudas de alface

Abstract

This research was done in the Campus of Alegre, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the State of Espirito Santo. We evaluated the learning by the use of Project Pedagogy. The theme used was the production of lettuce on alternative substrates, commonly used in horticulture regional, developed with students the first year of the course Farming Technician integrated into the school. The development took place in a theoretical and practical involvement with interdisciplinary teaching and administrative servers, covering the bases transverse to the problem. All production steps were planned, implemented and evaluated with the students. The learning evaluation was performed with the use of structured questionnaires distributed temporally. Were characterized in the teaching-learning gains of students observed the results of the evaluations, demonstrating the feasibility of pedagogy in the use of project learning environment. The substrate of improved performance was prepared by the students, and even better that the commercial use in the region.