A cultura e o processamento da mandioca como elementos estruturais na formação do Técnico em Agroindústria

Abstract

In this study we used the chain of production of cassava as a pedagogical element to stimulate and sensitize students to the technical course of agroindustria of the Federal Institute of Pernambuco-campus Victoria, on the importance of culture in their training, considering its social, economic and for the social center of the Forest Region of the state of Pernambuco, where the cultivation and processing of cassava agro comprise the universe of family farming. This is also the source region of Vitoria-campus students. The study was conducted with the students of 2nd year course in Agroindustria in the space for the experience of the discipline of cassava technology that makes up the curriculum of the course is a survey of quantitative and qualitative. For quantitative evaluation, we used a structured questionnaire with with affirmative questions about the theoretical and practical knowledge of the units built with such subjects, and measured using a Likert scale. Analyses included the first two moments, considered test T1, at the beginning of the course and the second T2 tests at the end of the semester when you close the activities of the discipline. In qualitative evaluation, we chose to use the educational contest in which students split into groups to address the following issues: social, economic and cultural of cassava. For this activity, students had to organize themselves to do your research to make their experimental tasks. The results were presented at an event at the institution and evaluated according to the tasks proposed, theatrical presentation, seminar, poetry and music, with a thematic approach. We found that experienced in the course content was able to awaken the student to the problems experienced by small producers in the region which has in the cultivation and processing of cassava, since the same grounds engaged in seeking, through research with the units producers and farmers, so that their knowledge would be consolidated in practice, which was observed with the presentation of the tasks of the contest. In the assessment made by the student in their statements, they indicated that the method provided a better understanding of course content, and that the visit helped to strengthen their learning. Thus, the method used for this work has contributed to building a more critical awareness, facing the problem of a chain of cassava agro-industry which is of importance in the training of students in the technical course of agroindustria of IFcampus Vitoria.