Uma experiência interdisciplinar com alunos da Escola Agrotécnica Federal de São Cristóvão-SE: a pedagogia de projetos

Abstract

This work aimed to verify the students of 3rd grade of Integrated Courses of Agriculture and Agribusiness, changes in terms of study habits, expectations, construction and applicability of knowledge and their positions on the teaching-based learning in Pedagogy of Projects. The Pedagogy of Project is presented as a methodology that can break with the theory / practice dichotomy, since it induces the student to develop competencies - knowledge, skills and values. This pedagogy also took us to ways of inter and transdisciplinarity, because agricultural projects require interventions that belong to different fields of knowledge. The activity discussed, proposed and negotiated by students was the implementation of the Project Grow Basil and of Lemongrass. From this project, students produced texts, collectives and individuals, representing their ability to plan, reflect, record and evaluate a work, in full, with autonomy. The tools used were semi-structured questionnaires: one applied to the 156 students at the beginning of 2008, when they reached the school, and the other, applied to 28 students randomly chosen among those involved in the process, seeking to identify their perceptions regarding the application of Pedagogy of Project. Were also used as instruments of this research texts prepared by students during the course of activities of the Project. Observing the results, We come to the conclusion that the Pedagogy of Project constitutes an excellent method to allow students to construct knowledge with self-confidence, a spirit of cooperation, responsibility, democracy and autonomy, especially in Professional Education.