Educação e Trabalho: a formação de trabalhadores nos cursos técnicos do Instituto Federal de Goiás, Campus Itumbiara-GO

Abstract

This research is linked to the research line of work, society and education of the Graduate Program in Education (FACED) of the Federal University of Uberlândia. The theme of this research is the relationship between technological vocational training and the job market in the context of the education expansion policies of the Federal Institute of Goiás in Itumbiara, Goiás, thus seeking to answer the following problem: in what way is the relationship between technological vocational training and the job market in the context of education expansion policies expressed in official documents of the Federal Institute of Goiás in Itumbiara, Goiás, between 2008 and 2015? The general objective is to analyze how the relationship between technological vocational training and the job market in the context of education expansion policies is expressed in official documents of the Federal Institute of Goiás of Itumbiara - GO from 2008 to 2015. The specific objectives are: to investigate the documents creating and authorizing the Integrated Technical Courses in Electrotechnics and Chemistry; to analyse the Course Pedagogical Projects of the Integrated Technical Courses with Secondary Education in Electrotechnics and Chemistry; and to identify how technological vocational training relates to the integration of students into the job market in the Integrated Technical Courses. The research adopted a qualitative, exploratory and documentary approach, based on a case study. The data collection instruments were the analysis of the creation and development documents of the Technical Courses investigated, namely Electrotechnics and Chemistry; the Course Pedagogical Projects, to analyze aspects such as the profile of the professional to be trained, the syllabus of the subjects, the technological professional relationship and the job market, supervised internship documents to understand how students are referred to the job market and actions aimed at inserting them in the job market after completing the courses. The time frame, 2008-2015, should cover the period of creation of the IFs in the Brazilian states through Law No. 11.892 of December 29, 2008, which legitimized the emergence of the IFG/Campus Itumbiara and the authorizations to operate the Integrated Technical courses in Electrotechnics and Chemistry. The total workload of the courses is 3668 hours, divided into curricular components (3340 hours), complementary activities (120 hours) and compulsory internship (200 hours). An analysis of the curricular components and workload provides initial indications that there is little articulation between general and specific training. The IF offers good infrastructure for students, with classrooms, an auditorium, a sports court and a gym, computer labs, general biology, microbiology and microscopy labs, a physics lab, a chemistry lab and industrial labs. The teaching and administrative staff are professionals trained in their fields and have completed postgraduate courses. There is a need for field research involving the technical courses in Electrotechnics and Chemistry, in order to broaden our understanding of the relationship between technological vocational training and the integration of students into the job market.