Curso livre mostrando uma pesquisa científica experimental como princípio pedagógico na educação profissional e tecnológica

Abstract

Scientific research as a means for producing knowledge is an important educational practice for student’s intellectual independence, turning them into protagonists, with an active role in the teaching and learning process. In this case, the question the present research addresses is: does a research project, developed by the students in IFMS, assists in their integral schooling? Also, it is necessary to create strategies for promotion of scientific research, including incentives for a greater participation of both students and teachers, reinforcing its importance for their development. Therefore, we bring forth the idea of developing an Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) presenting the complete description of a previously conducted research, in such a manner as to encourage the conduction of other similar research projects. In order to answer the initial question, the objective of the following work was to analyze if the scientific and technological research project approved in the Public Notice 019/2020 – Propi/IFMS named: Fish breeding in recirculation system with new technologies, conducted in the Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus Coxim had effectively contributed to the development of the participating students. The development of the research was observed and involved three (3) students attending the undergraduate course on Fishing Engineering, three (3) students attending the Integrated Secondary Level Technical Course in Aquaculture, teachers from the Fishing Engineering department and the author acting as observer. Semi-Structured interviews were conducted with the students, with some predefined questions, with the possibility of including new questions during the interview, allowing for more flexibility for the researcher. All interviewed students agreed that their participation in the research project was important for their development, and that they could establish a connection of what they were taught during classes with the practices conducted during the project. Beyond that, the students also agreed that the project reached its objectives, specially in creating knowledge and interest for scientific research, not only for the participating students, but also for their classmates, favoring integration and interdisciplinarity. They also stated that their participation assisted in some dimensions of integral schooling: work, as an educational principle, science, as creation of knowledge, and technology, as transformation of science in a productive force. However, the students noted the lack of information about the research projects among the new students, as well as the limited number of participants. In short, the research shows clearly that the students' participation in research projects contributes to their integral schooling, favoring their development in critical thinking, creativity, autonomy, among others.