Diagnóstico do uso de Recursos de Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação no aprimoramento da formação do Técnico em Agropecuária no Campus Manaus Zona Leste do Instituto Federal do Amazonas

Abstract

It is remarkable the advance of the use of precision technologies, software, sensors, georeferencing technology, among other resources in the field of agrarian sciences, therefore, it is necessary to prepare the students of the technical course in agriculture for this market reality. Therefore, it is important to study the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources throughout the training of the agricultural technician, in order to identify how these resources can assist the student in the learning of field and field techniques. make their professional performance more efficient and effective with the help of technology. This research aims to present a diagnosis of the use of ICT resources, from the perspective of teachers and students, allied with the technical knowledge of agriculture, to improve the training of the technician in agriculture. To this end, it was necessary to project some specific objectives: to diagnose the curriculum components of the vocational training axis capable of applying ICT resources in its activities; verify how ICT tools can be used in practice, from the perspective of the teachers of the technical areas of the Technical Course in Agriculture; understand, apply and recommend the use of ICT resources in their daily lives and learning environment. The present work carried out a quantitative and qualitative descriptive research of documentary type and field studies regarding its level of deepening. Regarding the procedures, the research was carried out through a field study, where the data that were collected at the research site were collected and analyzed, through techniques such as observation, questionnaires application, interviews and documentary survey. Through the collected data, it was possible to reach the initial purpose and some points deserve to be highlighted. The initial training of teachers who teach technical training classes is deficient regarding the use of resources of information and communication technologies, which limits the initial performance of teachers in their pedagogical praxis. However, there is the effort on the part of teachers, to know more and know how to use these resources, and understand the importance of using them as tools that help in the learning process. The students showed in the research their interest for applications mostly on mobile platform, for the ease of access and their habituality with the smartphone. Both groups suggest tools to be used and recognize the importance of using ICT resources to help the learning process, whether for the ease, interaction, curiosity and dynamism that the use of resources proposes to classes. It is also important to highlight the existing dichotomy between the tools used by teachers and those with which students have the most interest and usability. The result of this research suggests that there are important practices to be adopted: the need for teacher training to use technological resources; the need for interaction between teachers in search of solutions and practices that enable better training of the technician, as well as promoting interdisciplinarity, bringing optimization of the use of technological resources, often scarce in the campus structure; The teacher's practice needs to be reevaluated and include the use of tools such as mobile applications in the technical area, computer applications for agricultural use, video platform (Youtube), use of GPS among others, which can improve technical education in agriculture, combining agricultural knowledge with the use of existing technological resources in the field of professional activity of agriculture.