A extensão como ferramenta de ensino e aprendizagem: estudo de caso nas comunidades agrícolas no entorno do IFAM Campus Itacoatiara.

Abstract

This study addressed extension as an educational process. From this context, the research was developed at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas, Campus Itacoatiara (CITA), having participants the students of the Technical Subsequent Form in Farming, in order to analyze the contribution of the activities extension in the construction of knowledge from the activities developed in family farming in communities around CITA. And so, to verify the students' knowledge regarding family farming focusing on the cost of production of production processes; to characterize the production in the localities that contributed to the contextualization and demonstrate how knowledge can influence the decision making of family farming production processes. The research was descriptive, with a quali-quanti approach with data obtained through field research. The data collection instruments were: questionnaires, form, interviews and participant observation. The qualitative data analyzes were based on the interviewees' speech description, followed by their categorization and interpretation of the inferences. Quantitative data were analyzed based on descriptive and nonparametric statistics. Two groups of participants contributed to the study, they are: a group of students from the 3rd module of the Technical Course in Farming, and the other group of family farmers. The research analyzed how the extension activities developed by IFAM / CITA in family farming can prepare students for field work, either as an agricultural technician, extensionist or independent consultant in the agricultural sector. Thus, the relevance of the research lies in the approximation between the Institution and its Territory, in an understanding that the articulations promoted with the students in the extension activities lead them to understand the importance of the extension axis in their professional formation. Thus, the extension constitutes an educational praxis that allows to know, learn, interact and teach.