O técnico em agropecuária inserido no cotidiano da cadeia produtiva do leite: a vivência no processo de construção do conhecimento

Abstract

This research aimed to stimulate the processes of students’ knowledge construction of food safety by applying project pedagogy on milk quality. It is emphasized the relationship between theory and practice in technical training which encourages the understanding of content and the development of the capacity to articulate the various knowledge to contextualize them in their actions to achieve meaningful learning. It is justified due to the perception of traditional teaching methodologies observed as inefficient to help students learn to think, ponder, create solutions to the problems students face and apply their knowledge in the day-to-day experiences. The research was performed at the Federal Institute of Espírito Santo - Itapina campus with 16 students of the second / third period (freshmen and sophomores) of Technician in Agricultural in the subsequent mode, who are from ES, MG and BA states, and who have completed high school education in public schools. The activities of the curriculum components directly related to the topic discussed were developed in the 2nd semester of the school year, in 2014 and the first semester of the next school year, in 2015, with the collaboration of seven teachers and the effective participation of two teachers. The methodology applied was the Project Pedagogy and as research instruments were used questionnaires with open and closed questions, technical visits, seminar, debate and drill. The first questionnaire was applied at the beginning of the proposed activities and the second questionnaire, after technical visits and wrap up seminar of the activities developed during the academic year in 2014. In the first semester of the school year in 2015 a debate was held after the registration of students’ prior knowledge on "Zoonotic Diseases transmitted by milk: Brucellosis versus Tuberculosis" followed by a practical training for vaccinators, whose proposal has become an ongoing project resulting in certification for students. The completion of the research was a self-evaluation of the activities carried out by students. The results showed growth of students in conceptual as well as procedural and attitudinal fields, and development of their critical awareness and social responsibility related to the problematized reality. It is concluded that the encouragement to research based on students’ socio-cultural experience, and the relationship between theory and practice in technical training, are fundamental tools for the development of multiple knowledge to young people, future agents of changing of the environment in which they live