Significados atribuídos pelos jovens estudantes ao ensino médio integrado à educação profissional: um estudo de caso

Abstract

This research is linked in the Research Line School Practices and Public Policies, in Education Post Graduation Program of Federal University of Santa Maria and it has as problem: Which are the meanings that young students of the Farroupilha Federal Institute Câmpus São Vicente do Sul assign to the High School Integrated to Professional Education? Starting this question we search to analyze the meanings that young people of the Farroupilha Federal Institute Câmpus São Vicente do Sul assign to the High School Integrated to Professional Education. As specific objectives: to contextualize Youth, Professional Education in Brazil and Integrated High School; to trace the profile of the students of the Integrated High School courses to Professional Education of the Federal Institute Farroupilha Câmpus São Vicente do Sul; to identify the conception and expectations of young students of the High School Integrated to Professional Education in the future; to identify the meaning of the High School Integrated to Professional Education for young students. In this work, we dialogued with Abramo (2005), Dayrell (2003), Fazenda (1992), Frigotto, Ciavatta and Ramos (2005); among others. This qualitative research uses the case study as a way to research and interviews as data collection instrument, that were organized in categories and analyzed in line with the research problem and the dialogue with the authors. Some results: the High School Integrated to Professional Education is understood by students as a way to bring together disciplines that might complement or than take two courses at the same time. The professionalization in this case appears as something else that might be useful in the future.