Juventude e educação profissional: sentidos atribuídos ao curso técnico em Informática para Internet integrado ao Ensino Médio

Abstract

This research aimed to understand the meanings attributed to integrated High School and how these are articulated with the construction of the life projects of students from the Technical Course in Computers for the Internet integrated to secondary education at IFPE, Belo Jardim campus. Youth, as a category of analysis in this research, was based on the conception of sociology, establishing a dialogue with the theoretical assumptions of cultural-historical psychology. It is a research with a qualitative approach, developed through questionnaires and narrative statements. In view of the health crisis resulting from the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the application of the questionnaires was carried out digitally through Google Forms®, and it was carried out by video conference through Google Meet®. The data collected in the interviews were interpreted using the narrative analysis method. The results found showed that Integrated High School represents a differential for students, which will provide them with an advantage in their insertion in the world of work. The students' perception indicated that the education offered at this federal institution is of quality and goes beyond learning the contents of the curriculum, constituting a space for training and socialization, which provides important experiences for their constitution as a young person. The young people interviewed revealed that despite this, the Integrated High School has limitations, including the fatigue generated by excessive activities and lack of time to organize individual studies. The lack of clear information about the area of expertise and the contents studied available to incoming students, who seek the course with expectations that do not always correspond to reality, can lead to frustration for not identifying with the course, and consequently, low dropout frequency, low performance and little participation in academic activities. In view of these results, as an Educational Product, we developed the guide "Information Guide for Students Entering the Technical Course in Computer Technical for Internet Integrated to High School", with the objective of providing information to students who wish to join the course, which can help them in decision making and adaptation. This guide was developed with the collaboration of students participating in the research. The Educational Product was evaluated by a commission composed of four evaluators, two teachers and two students