A utilização de software de controle de rebanho bovino como ferramenta educativa para o curso de Agropecuária

Abstract

The research aimed to analyze the contributions of the application of a herd management educational software in Animal Production discipline of Technical Course in Agriculture at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Amazon - IFAM Campus Maués. Recent research has motivated this work, as pointed out that one of the major causes of truancy is the lack of practical classes. This is because the search location, to date, has not yet physical infrastructure necessary for implementation of practical activities related to cattle, study focus of Animal Production discipline 3. A computer program has been developed for agricultural education. We sought to evaluate the previous knowledge and opinions of 27 students through a questionnaire and an initial test. educational workshops were held where program was used as an educational tool for explanation of the races themes, food, health, dairy and meat production, reproduction, disposal and cattle weighing. After the workshops, knowledge was again tested by a final evaluation. We sought to evaluate the teaching resource by applying a final questionnaire with open and closed questions. The two discipline of teachers were also questioned. The results showed that the use of software, based pedagogically favored learning efficiently and aroused the interest of students by technology and the interdisciplinary.