Contribuições da iniciação científica para a formação acadêmica de agrônomos do Instituto Federal Goiano Campus Urutaí

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the contribution of Scientific Initiation (CI) on the academic formation of students in the Bachelor of Agronomy course at the do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano Campus Urutaí, from the creation of the Pedagogical Course Project (PPC), in the period from 2015 to 2018, with the hypothesis that CI contributes to the formation of agronomists through research. The relevance of this investigation is related to the possible consequences of student’s participation in CI activities; theme that has been insufficiently studied within the scope of the IF Goiano. This research adopted a qualitative approach to generate data for analysis and interpretation of results, with the combination of bibliographic and documentary research, in order to analyze and compare: (1) reports registered by the Research Management of the IF Goiano Campus Urutaí, (2) the offering of CI scholarships granted by CNPQ (the main scientific development agency in Brazil) and by the institution itself in a counterpart system; (3) program of the course subjects; (4) course curriculum; (5) CI data from each teacher of the course; (6) published and presented works; (7) student’s participation in events during the course. The results presented, following descriptive and analytical procedures according to the current scientific norms, point to the emergence of a scientific culture within the scope of the Agronomy course, closely associated with the articulation of curricular and extracurricular activities, in the teaching-research-extension triad, which foster the consolidation of an ethos of scientific research in the institution, which demonstrates the involvement of students in an investigative practice.