Oficinas IFMaker:Imersão e Diversão

Abstract

The educational product “IFMaker Workshops: Immersion and Enjoyment” was conceived as a practical and formative response to the gaps identified in the consolidation of Maker Culture at the Federal Institute of Acre (IFAC). Data analysis revealed that, rather than a lack of physical or technological infrastructure, the main weakness of IFMaker laboratories lies in the absence of integration between the pedagogical foundations of Professional and Technological Education (PTE) and the practices carried out in these spaces.

In this context, the workshop proposal aims to bring staff members—both teachers and technical personnel—closer to the principles of PTE, Maker Culture, and Project-Based Learning (PBL), fostering a type of professional development that integrates technical practice with pedagogical understanding. It represents an invitation to creative and critical experimentation, transforming the laboratory into an open, collaborative, and emancipatory learning environment.