Educação profissional: o ensino-aprendizagem por meio do método de projeto utilizando a produção de mudas de alface.

Abstract

Professional education should consider the training of the individual not only as a professional but also as a citizen, ie a global training. Thus teaching and learning strategies should be adopted to meet this need for training, and quotes from such strategies is the design method. Thus the aim of this study was to analyze the learning process in vocational education through the design method using the seedling production of lettuce. The research was conducted at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rondônia, Cacoal Campus, with students from Technical Course in Agriculture Subsequent to high school. The students were direct participants in the planning, development, completion and evaluation of the project. To collect data regarding the influence on the production of meanings of design method in the teaching-learning questionnaires were used (diagnosis and final), answered on a timeline by students involved in research, and was also observed, notes and as reports and excel spreadsheets submitted by students, with subsequent analysis qualiquatitativo and the results discussed and presented using tables and graphs. There was active participation of students, predominantly teamwork and motivation for the research, as well as concern about the difficulties faced by olericultores the region, we found a high percentage of responses that showed the evolution of meanings when the questionnaires were compared. Related to the interference of different substrates in the production of lettuce, the team can conclude that there are viable alternative materials, such as straw residues coffe and the substrate containing 75 % compost, and 25 % of mature coconut shell crushed. Through the results it is concluded that the teaching-learning through the design method contributes to the construction of knowledge, thus promoting meaningful learning, since students were able to evolve and build knowledge, yet learning is process.