Educação profissional e sustentabilidade: uma avaliação das atividades práticas do Curso Técnico Integrado em Agropecuáriado IFAM Campus Manaus Zona Leste

Abstract

Homo sapiens, a species much newer than plants and other animals, was not born a farmer or breeder, after hundreds of millions of years of hominization, that is, of biological, technical and cultural evolution. Agriculture, domesticated by man, has taken an unsustainable route to nature and its laws. Much of this problem is due to the excessive use of pesticides. Faced with so many environmental imbalances, almost always associated with the traditional model of agricultural production, the use of sustainable techniques in agriculture and their teaching in technical level courses, are necessary for the educational process of man, and serve, if not to curb, at least to minimize the harmful effects caused by traditional agriculture. The study presented in this dissertation stems from the interest in unveiling what really characterizes the relationship between Vocational Education and Sustainability. Thus, the objective of this research was to explain the educational approach that underlies the practical activities of agricultural nature, carried out under the Integrated Technical Course in Agriculture offered by the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas (IFAM), Manaus East Zone Campus (CMZL), under the focus of development. The methodology used consisted of a qualitative case study, bibliographic and documentary research. The unit of analysis was the Institute, with its teaching staff of the technical disciplines, and students from three courses. mentioned. The results showed that the agricultural practices performed in the course are widespread, well accepted by the students and based on the concepts of sustainability and sustainable agriculture.