O uso de laboratórios de Biologia como espaços pedagógicos para a educação integral na EPT.

Abstract

This dissertation, carried out within the scope of the Graduate Program in Professional and Technological Education (ProfEPT), linked to Research Line 2 – Organization and Memories of Pedagogical Spaces in Professional and Technological Education (EPT) and to Macroproject 6 – Organization of Pedagogical Spaces in EPT, was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal Institute of Acre, under protocol number: 7.448.440. Its objective was to analyze the potential of the biology laboratory at the Federal Institute of Acre, Sena Madureira Campus, as an emancipatory space in student training, by reviewing the practical activities developed by the biological sciences teachers at Ifac, who work in the technical course integrated into high school in agriculture during the period from 2018 to 2023. The study was based on observing whether the structure of the biology laboratory has been used to its full potential for the training of students in the integrated high school program. The methodological foundations follow a qualitative applied approach, based on bibliographic review and documentary research. Regarding the proposed objectives, this is an exploratory research, complemented by a case study, using a questionnaire with open and closed questions as the data collection instrument, with the data supported by descriptive analysis and Bardin’s content analysis. The participants and target audience of the research are the Biology teachers who work or have worked in the technical course integrated into high school in agriculture at the Sena Madureira Campus and at the Cruzeiro do Sul Campus. The Biology laboratories have proven to be an essential pedagogical space for emancipatory training aimed at the world of work. Practical laboratory classes contribute to improving the quality of teaching and learning, being an essential pedagogical methodology by concretizing classroom theory through practice. Thus, the Educational Product (EP) “Scientific Practices for the Study of Biology in the Technical Course Integrated into High School in Agriculture” emerges as a result of the research, aiming to propose practical class scripts that assist teachers in curricular planning with enriching and engaging activities, directed toward the integral formation of students, making the most of the resources and materials available in the biology laboratory of Ifac, Sena Madureira Campus. Moreover, we propose the advancement of the use of laboratories as a space that educates, not just the classroom, seeking to present to managers, teachers, and students the potential that this space has to foster teaching aimed at the emancipatory formation of learners.