This thesis is about agricultural extension education. The context is agricultural extension in South Africa. It addresses the following questions: To what extent does current agricultural extension education in South Africa adequately reflect the current and changing educational and developmental imperatives? To what extent does it adequately equip extension officers and other agricultural development practitioners to deliver relevant support to farmers and farming communities? In short, how relevant is the training received by South African Agricultural Extension practitioners? The South African government has made significant changes in the policy environment governing agriculture. While the majority of the policy changes fall outside the scope of this research, it can be safely argued, as noted in the current Strategy for South African Agriculture, that the changes are fundamental. The changes redirect agriculture to the majority population which has hitherto been marginalised and generally denied meaningful access to the agricultural sector of the South African economy. To implement these changes, the agricultural sector will need appropriate skills – skills which, it is submitted – are largely lacking within the agricultural extension service and, more relevantly to this study, in Agricultural Extension curricula. In addition to the foregoing, assumptions about farmers and their roles in technology and information creation and consumption, assumptions about the roles of tertiary institutions in the triad of teaching, extension and research and indeed about the triad itself need to be challenged. A system of education which has its origins in the 1800s (before even the industrial revolution, much less the digital revolution) needs, per force, to be interrogated regularly to ensure that it delivers according to the demands of the exigencies of the time. Similarly, assumptions about the aim of development and in particular agricultural development have been questioned in many parts of the world. And yet it is submitted that in South Africa, the basic extension methodologies have not changed in any fundamental way; rather they have adopted some of the outer trappings of new approaches, without assessing the fundamentals of the core extension approach. It is believed that extension is in need of a serious review and that it is timely to do so. Recent research in Africa and elsewhere in the world indicates that extension needs be reconstructed on a different set of operational objectives led by a different vision. The extension strategy herein presented is built around a vision which places the focus on the farmer (and other land users) in the context not of technology, but of creating prosperity. The vision implies that the purpose of agricultural extension is to facilitate the establishment of self-reliant farmers who are contributing to widespread prosperity. The dual outcomes of self-reliant farmers and widespread prosperity are meant to be realised through a new set of =rules of engagement‘. Prosperity is derived out of farmers working together, sharing information, and learning together. Self-reliant farmers are an outcome of a learning partnership between farmers and extension practitioners. This study was conducted in a series of stages. The first thrust examined the nature of Agricultural Extension and the assumptions on which it is predicated. The result of this interrogation was to propose a new concept for Agricultural Extension – Agriflection – which is a learning-based concept aimed at improving the sustainability of the livelihoods of farmers through iterative development processes fostered through a learning agenda that is facilitated by an appropriately trained Agricultural Extension practitioner. To realise such a vision, it is essential that the mission of the extension service be recast to reflect the dynamics of the implications of the vision. The key elements of the mission are, therefore, client-responsiveness and partnerships. The power to realise the vision rests in three critical aspects. First is the capacity of the extension service to engage with its clients as genuine partners in a shared learning agenda. The second is the capacity of the extension service to engage with the many other agencies and organisations which supply goods and services to farmers and land users. The third is ensuring that engagements with farmers support sustainable development, that is, that production of food, fibre and fuel is socially just, economically sustainable and environmentally sustainable. This new vision and mission lay the foundation for a fundamental shift in the way agricultural extension is positioned, resourced, implemented and evaluated. The strategic goals, principles and values presented in this strategy are built on this foundation, and they, in turn, create the framework for constructing the operational plans of the extension service as well as for management and measurement of the service. The second thrust of the study was to filter the Agriflection concept through South African educational and agricultural policy. Given that the agricultural frontier is subject to change in focus and priorities, it was reasoned that the training and education of would-be extension practitioners needs to be able to respond to changes in methods and in the field. The National Government has adopted the outcomes-based model as the general structure for curriculum development. Further sustainable development/livelihoods has been adopted as the general framework for development. Outcomes-based education and sustainable development/livelihoods provide a framework for studying and developing curricula. A tool that enables curriculum analysis and development which allows for adjustment to changing imperatives while maintaining integrity in terms of education and development, would be valuable for tertiary institutions training extension officers. The result of this second thrust was the development of curriculum markers that encapsulated what non-technical knowledge and skills (i.e. Agricultural Extension knowledge and skills) were needed to be able to deliver on the imperatives of the transformation agenda of current agricultural policy. Thirty-four markers were identified. The third thrust of the study was to create a credible method to evaluate Agricultural Extension curricula and to capture and analyse data. A detailed review of methods and approaches was made resulting in fashioning the Theory-led Instructional-Design Curriculum Evaluation (TICE) method. One of the primary facets of this six-process method is questioning of the assumptions on which the discipline of Agricultural Extension is based. Such a questioning would lead to a new theory to govern the evaluation of curriculum. Ancillary to the TICE method were the methods of data collection and analysis. The study consolidated these in presence and efficacy factors. These factors measured the presence of the 34 markers in Agricultural Extension curricula and the extent to which they were addressed, if present. The fourth thrust of the study was the detailed evaluation of curricula of qualifications most commonly held by public sector Agricultural Extension practitioners. The study examined the curricula of agricultural diplomas, of three- and four-year agricultural degrees and of one-year postgraduate qualifications offered by Colleges of Agriculture and selected Universities and Universities of Technology. The fifth thrust was to conduct corroborative investigations in the public sector. This was done by surveying Agricultural Extension practitioners asking them to evaluate the extent to which they believed they have knowledge and/or skill represented by the 34 curricula markers. In addition, a brief analysis was made of Agricultural Extension practitioner job descriptions used in the public sector. This was done to determine what knowledge and skills were expected of Agricultural Extension practitioners and comparing this to the 34 markers. The study revealed that there is very limited Agricultural Extension training offered in the curricula of qualifications held by the majority of public sector Agricultural Extension practitioners. Further, using the 34 markers as the touchstone, it was determined that the current curricula do not adequately equip public sector Agricultural Extension practitioners to deliver on the agenda of current South African agricultural policy. Without extensive revision of curricula in terms of both the quantity and content of extension training, the South African public sector Agricultural Extension service will not be able to realise the intended transformation of agriculture. Its key operatives will not have the knowledge and skills needed to do so. This is a unique study. No study of its kind has ever been conducted in South Africa. Numerous studies have been conducted into the training needs of Agricultural Extension practitioners. None have gone to the extent of questioning the assumptions on which Agricultural Extension is based. None have made a critical examination of curricula in the light of current educational and agricultural policy. This study found that there is an urgent need for serious attention to be given the purpose, scope, outcomes of Agricultural Extension higher education in South Africa to ensure that it can contribute to the positive and sustainable transformation of agriculture. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2008.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education is becoming an integral part of modern agricultural education. If the integration of STEM into agricultural education is to succeed, it is vital that educators feel confident in their ability to teach such material. This study examines Tennessee and Mississippi agricultural educators’ personal teaching efficacy and outcome expectancy levels towards STEM subjects and identifies factors that may play a role in the development of STEM teaching efficacy. Analysis indicated that educators felt most confident in their ability to teach science, followed by technology, mathematics and then engineering. Factors that influenced STEM personal teaching efficacy included the number of postsecondary STEM courses taken, gender, and CASE course completion. Regarding outcome expectancy, teachers felt similarly across the four STEM fields. The one factor found to influence STEM outcome expectancy included the number of postsecondary STEM courses taken. Recommendations for future research include exploring agricultural educators’ perceptions of engineering and its place in the agriculture industry, recognizing how engineering is taught at both the secondary and postsecondary level, understanding the experience of minorities in STEM, and identifying ways in which agricultural educators use technology in their classrooms. Recommendations for practice include offering preservice agricultural educators more engineering and technology courses, specifically highlighting how STEM concepts are used in the modern agricultural industry, and improving agricultural educator outcome expectancy levels.

<p dir="ltr">At present, formal and non-formal agricultural spaces, including agricultural education, do not provide opportunities for individuals from historically and contemporarily marginalized communities to develop a strong sense of belonging. An increase in sense of belonging may increase retention for all individuals interacting with agricultural programs and more effectively disseminate tools and resources to a wider audience, which can help solve agricultural issues such as the hunger crisis. The Garden Sun Institute (GSI) is a non-formal agricultural education program that is changing this narrative, with many staff and students of marginalized populations expressing a deep sense of belonging not only with others at GSI but also feeling a sense of belonging in the field of agriculture. The purpose of this case study was to explore whether there is a sense of belonging at this location and to determine what factors may contribute to it. The questions guiding this study are: 1) How do youth describe a sense of belonging at GSI? 2) How does GSI engage with youth, family, and staff? and 3) How do those engaging with GSI describe a sense of belonging within agriculture broadly? Results from this study showed that utilizing elements of the Critical Pedagogy of Agriculture along with practices such as trauma-informed pedagogy, student-led and student-centered learning, and gentle parenting have led to this program developing a culture of belonging. Future research recommendations include determining accountability strategies and investigating the impacts of the incorporation of strategies into formal education programs.</p>

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-04T21:16:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 26 / Nenhuma / Esta tese é fruto de uma pesquisa realizada com o objetivo de discutir os processos de disciplinamento e os movimentos de resistência gestados na Escola Estadual Técnica Agrícola Guaporé, situada no município de mesmo nome, no Rio Grande do Sul, enfocando o currículo escolar, em especial no que se refere à educação matemática. Os aportes teóricos que sustentam a investigação são as teorizações do campo da Etnomatemática em seus entrecruzamentos com as teorizações pós-estruturalistas, especialmente aquelas vinculadas ao pensamento de Michel Foucault, e com as idéias de Ludwig Wittgenstein em sua obra Investigações Filosóficas. O material de pesquisa está constituído por: documentos da escola; cadernos e provas da disciplina Matemática; polígrafos utilizados pela professora nas aulas de Matemática; material escrito produzido pelos alunos, nas disciplinas técnicas; anotações feitas durante as observações de aulas de disciplinas técnicas; entrevistas (gravadas e posteriormente transcritas) realizadas com três pro / This thesis is the result of a research study whose main objective was to discuss the disciplinary processes and resistance movements produced at Escola Estadual Tecnica Agricola Guaporé (Guaporé Technical State School for Agriculture) in the municipality of Guaporé, state of Rio Grande do Sul, focusing on the school curriculum, especially as regards mathematics education. The theoretical contributions that support the investigation are theorizations in the field of Ethnomathematics, conceived with Post-structuralist theorizations, especially those connected to the thinking of Michel Foucault, and with the ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein in his work Philosophical Investigations. The data consists of: school documents; notebooks and Mathematics tests; texts printed and used in class by the mathematics teacher written materials produced by students in the technical disciplines; notes made while observing technical discipline classes; interviews (taped and later transcribed) done with three teachers, one student an

Cette recherche poursuit le double objectif d’analyser le travail des enseignants des spécialités agricoles au Chili (en particulier, les difficultés professionnelles) et de proposer des pistes pour leur formation. Pour ce faire, elle mobilise une démarche par abduction (Peirce, 1965) basée sur une épistémologie de la découverte et prolongée par une approche herméneutique, qui permet de faire émerger des hypothèses a posteriori.Le travail enseignant est appréhendé comme un système de pratiques professionnelles (Marcel, 2004) et étudié à partir des dimensions de l’activité, du statut et de l’expérience (Tardif & Lessard, 1999). Ce cadre théorique structure un dispositif méthodologique qui favorise la production d’un corpus empirique conséquent et diversifié.L’interprétation de ces éléments permet de mettre au jour la nature symbolique du travail des enseignants et de défendre l’hypothèse générale d'un horizon culturel de ce travail. Cette hypothèse est déclinée en deux volets, d’une part celui que les enseignants ont un rôle de médiateurs culturels entre l’espace professionnel agricole et l’espace scolaire et, d’autre part, celui que la difficulté professionnelle est normalisée dans le travail quotidien. Sur cette base, peut être décrite une « zone de médiation culturelle » des enseignants du secteur agricole.Afin de mettre ces apports au service de la formation, est déployée une démarche d’ingénierie de formation qui « traduit » certains éléments de la « zone de médiation culturelle » en termes de savoirs professionnels. Ces savoirs sont intégrés dans une proposition des scénarios de formation, dans une perspective non pas prescriptive mais d’aide à la décision politique. / This research has the dual purpose of analyzing the work of teachers in vocational agricultural education in Chile (especiallytheir professional problems) and making proposals for their training. For this, it mobilizes an abduction procedure (Peirce, 1965) based on an epistemology of discovery extended by an hermeneutic approach that gets hypotheses to emerge later on.Teachers’ work is viewed as a system of professional practices (Marcel , 2004) and studied from the points of view of activity, status and experience (Tardif & Lessard, 1999). This framework structures a methodological set of tools that enhances the production of a consistent and varied empirical corpus.The interpretation of these elements allows to uncover the symbolic nature of teachers' work and support the general assumption of a cultural side to this work. This hypothesis comes in two parts. First teachers have a role as cultural mediators between the agricultural professional world and the school system and, secondly, that professional difficulty is normalized in daily work. One can therefore describe a "cultural mediation area" for teachers in agriculture.To get these contributions to benefit training, an engineering approach to training is deployed, which "translates" elements of the "cultural mediation area" into terms of professional knowledge. This knowledge is integrated into a proposal of training scenarios, not as a prescription, but as an assistance to policy decision-making. / La presente investigación persigue el doble objetivo de analizar el trabajo de los docentes de especialidades agropecuarias en Chile (especialmente las dificultades profesionales) y de proponer pistas para su formación. Para ello, se moviliza un procedimiento abductivo (Peirce, 1965) basado en una epistemología del descubrimiento y en un ejercicio hermenéutico que permiten la emergencia de hipótesis a posteriori.El trabajo docente es aprehendido como un sistema de practicas profesionales (Marcel, 2004) y estudiado a partir de las dimensiones de la actividad, el estatus y la experiencia (Tardif & Lessard, 1999). Este marco teórico estructura un dispositivo metodológico que favorece la producción de un corpus empírico amplio y diverso.La interpretación de estos elementos permite la puesta en evidencia de la naturaleza simbólica del trabajo de los profesores y la defensa de la hipótesis general del horizonte cultural de este trabajo. Esta hipótesis es declinada en dos aspectos, por una parte el rol de los docentes como mediadores culturales entre el espacio profesional agrícola y el espacio escolar y, por otra parte, la normalización de la dificultad en el trabajo cotidiano. Sobre esta base, se describe una “zona de mediación cultural” de los profesores del sector agropecuario.Con el objetivo de poner estos aportes al servicio de la formación, se despliega un proceso de ingeniería en formación que “traduce” ciertos elementos de la “zona de mediación cultural” en términos de saberes profesionales. Estos saberes son integrados en una propuesta de escenarios de formación, evitando la prescripción e inscribiéndose en una lógica de ayuda a la decisión política.

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2017-01-24T11:54:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Bruna katharine Santos Cavalcanti.pdf: 920444 bytes, checksum: 84be96e186e169c89db9cbddefba90cb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-24T11:54:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Bruna katharine Santos Cavalcanti.pdf: 920444 bytes, checksum: 84be96e186e169c89db9cbddefba90cb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-23 / This research was conducted with students of the Technical Course in Food, in the form of Distance Col?gio Agricola Dom Agostinho Ikas (CODAI), under the Rural Federal University of Pernambuco in the search for a profile of the students who opt for this type of study modality and the general coordinator of the course that explains how was the implementation of the course and what the perspectives of teachers and tutors in distance courses in relation to teaching and learning that has as a primary means internet. In the first chapter we contextualize the origin of the implementation of the Distance Education courses in CODAI, explaining what the legal bases of EAD in Brazil and situating what we will deepen in the second chapter, which feature through an online questionnaire, to observe peculiar questions regarding the profile of the student as well as his assessment on learning through Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment), main technical source in education. Finally, in the third chapter, we analyze the role of this tool in the teaching-learning relationship in the virtual environment of the Distance Education Center of CODAI, who it was made possible by including the mandatory internship to complete this survey, which enabled a working knowledge tool at the Federal and Technological Institute of Pernambuco, with that studies both the NEAD and in IFPE enabled a more comprehensive and critical view in relation to the platform teaching-learning Moodle. What allowed us to make an overall assessment of the main tool used in distance learning courses of CODAI and contribute relevant data for both profile studies of students who are benefited from the technical course in non-face mode, as in the improvement of teaching using the Moodle as the main tool for teaching and learning. / Esta pesquisa foi realizada com discentes do Curso T?cnico em Alimentos, na modalidade a Dist?ncia do Col?gio Agr?cola Dom Agostinho Ikas (CODAI), vinculado a Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco na busca de um perfil dos alunos que optam por esse tipo de modalidade de estudo e com a coordenadora geral do curso, que descreveu como foi a implanta??o do curso e quais as perspectivas de professores e tutores em cursos a distancia em rela??o ao ensino-aprendizagem que possui como principal meio a internet. No primeiro cap?tulo contextualizamos a origem da implanta??o dos cursos de Educa??o a Dist?ncia no CODAI, explicando quais as bases legais da EAD no Brasil e situando o que iriamos aprofundar no segundo cap?tulo, onde caracterizamos atrav?s de um question?rio on-line, para observarmos quest?es peculiares referentes ao perfil do aluno, assim como sua avalia??o na aprendizagem atrav?s da plataforma Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment), como principal fonte t?cnica no ensino. Por fim, no terceiro cap?tulo, analisamos o papel desta ferramenta na rela??o ensino-aprendizagem no ambiente virtual do N?cleo de Educa??o a Dist?ncia do CODAI, que foi poss?vel gra?as inclusive ao est?gio profissional obrigat?rio para conclus?o desta pesquisa, que possibilitou um conhecimento pr?tico da ferramenta no Instituto Federal e Tecnol?gico de Pernambuco, com isso estudos tanto no NEAD quanto no IFPE possibilitaram uma vis?o mais abrangente e cr?tica em rela??o ? plataforma de ensino-aprendizagem Moodle. O que nos permitiu fazer uma avalia??o geral da principal ferramenta utilizada nos cursos a dist?ncia do CODAI e contribuir com dados relevantes tanto para estudos do perfil dos alunos que s?o beneficiados com o curso t?cnico na modalidade n?o presencial, quanto no aprimoramento do ensino que utilizam o Moodle como principal ferramenta para ensino-aprendizagem

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2017-03-17T13:02:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Lana Claudia Barros Bezerra.pdf: 1532524 bytes, checksum: 3c10f97f96f82861ffd6b1d6d91cc04f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-17T13:02:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Lana Claudia Barros Bezerra.pdf: 1532524 bytes, checksum: 3c10f97f96f82861ffd6b1d6d91cc04f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-05 / This dissertation it is based in research quali-quantitative which focused on graduates of Veterinary Medicine perception, course egress of Agricultural Science Graduation (ASG) of Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE) who carried out the academic degree in the period of 2010.1 to 2013.2. The theoretical and empirical research identify the contributions of docent formation brought to academic and professional life in view of the influence of humanistic, pedagogical and environmental design a degree course in agrarian area should promote those who resort to this. Interested in this research to investigate the ASG course contributions to the veterinarian in order to understand the expectations and conceptions of licensed graduates on the teaching profession. The subjects were twenty-one licensed veterinarians and two coordinators. Our problem raised concerns about the training that the said course enabled the students of Agricultural Sciences, focusing on Veterinary Medical of UFRPE. Data collection was carried out in four stages: bibliographical survey of theorists who elaborates on the theme; documentary consulting the files of graduates; consultation with the Political Pedagogical Project ASG and resolutions UFRPE with application of questionnaires to thirty-four semi-structured interviews with graduates and three subjects surveyed. These tools made it possible to quantify and identify the profile of graduates, seizing their perception of the current proposal with the triangulation of the looks of the students as respondents, the coordinators as informants and the researcher. The research allowed important contributions and intentions were identified in the proposal of the Pedagogic Political Project of the degree that guide to building a practice based on humanistic relations for the performance of these graduates in their various contexts / Esta disserta??o se fundamenta em uma pesquisa de abordagem quali-quantitativa que voltou-se para conhecer a vis?o dos graduados em Medicina Veterin?ria, egressos do Curso de Licenciatura em Ci?ncias Agr?colas - LCA, da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), que realizaram a forma??o acad?mica na licenciatura no per?odo de 2010.1 a 2013.2. A pesquisa te?rico-emp?rica identificou a contribui??o que a forma??o docente trouxe para a vida acad?mica e profissional tendo em vista as influ?ncias da concep??o humanista, pedag?gica e socioambiental que um curso de Licenciatura na ?rea agr?ria deve promover aqueles que recorrem a este. Interessou a presente pesquisa investigar as contribui??es do curso LCA para o m?dico veterin?rio, de forma a compreender as expectativas e concep??es dos egressos licenciado sobre a profiss?o docente. Os sujeitos desta pesquisa foram vinte e um m?dicos veterin?rios licenciados e dois Coordenadores. Nossa problem?tica suscitou inquieta??es a respeito da forma??o que o citado curso possibilitou aos alunos das Ci?ncias Agr?rias, com foco nos M?dicos Veterin?rios da UFRPE. A coleta de dados foi realizada em quatro momentos: Levantamento bibliogr?fico dos te?ricos que discorre sobre a tem?tica, consulta documental aos dossi?s dos egressos, consulta ao Projeto Pol?tico Pedag?gico do LCA e resolu??es da UFRPE, aplica??o dos question?rios a trinta e quatro egressos, entrevistas semi-estruturada com tr?s sujeitos pesquisados. Esses instrumentos possibilitaram quantificar e identificar o perfil dos egressos, apreendendo sua percep??o em rela??o a proposta do curso com a triangula??o dos olhares dos discentes como respondentes, os coordenadores como informantes e o pesquisador. A pesquisa permitiu que fossem identificadas importantes contribui??es e inten??es contidas na proposta do Projeto Pol?tico Pedag?gico da Licenciatura que orientam para a constru??o de uma pr?tica pautada em rela??es humanista para a atua??o desses licenciados em seus diversos contextos

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-05-09T18:36:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Lara Bruna Brito Castro de Souza.pdf: 1742693 bytes, checksum: ba11eb8a42de7e55b1dc15155d044abb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-09T18:36:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012 - Lara Bruna Brito Castro de Souza.pdf: 1742693 bytes, checksum: ba11eb8a42de7e55b1dc15155d044abb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-06 / This study evaluated the contributions of working with a project method applied in the teaching-learning process, aiming that the students of the agribusiness course of the Federal Institute in the North of Minas Gerais ? Campus Salinas might understand and fixed knowledge. Aiming to verify how interdisciplinarity contributes to the development of students? learning through their own construction of knowledge due to their inclusion in the research project for developing the product ?pasteurized cane juice?. To evaluate the learning of each student individually, we used the method of the attitude constructing a questionnaire composed of 25 statements regarding the theoretical and practical knowledge on the production of pasteurized sugarcane juice. The questionnaire was administered to students at four different times: the first time (TI), considered as time zero, where the group of students responded to questionnaires when the teacher had not offered any information about the project and its related disciplines, the second time (TII), the students answered after watching an interdisciplinary exhibition project, the third time (TIII), responded after the production of juice, and the fourth and final time (TIV), where the group responded to questionnaires after the completion of analysis. Through this assessment it was revealed that the development of students? learning was significant and growing. They were also evaluated in relation to commitment to the proposed activities through: image registration, self-assessment of learning, development flowchart, and practice in the production of the juice and their laboratory tests. This other form of assessment showed differently the growth of these students during the research. They proved to be encouraged to work with the project because they could participate in activities that were not included in their daily profession. Through self-assessments, they show the desire to have an education focused on issues related to their reality, based on a curriculum in the various areas of knowledge can act in an integrated manner. And by working with flowchart, we could clearly see the development in relation to the production process of the cane juice. The work was very important in guiding the teacher to work other teaching methods both in the classroom, field or laboratory to stimulate the interest of the student of a pedagogical discipline. Students learn better and showed more satisfaction when they felt part of the learning process and not just passively receiving knowledge. / Esta pesquisa avaliou as contribui??es de se trabalhar com m?todo de projeto aplicado no processo de ensino-aprendizagem, almejando que os estudantes do Curso T?cnico em Agroind?stria do Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais ? Campus Salinas, compreendessem e solidificassem o conhecimento. Tendo como objetivo verificar como a interdisciplinaridade contribui para o desenvolvimento da aprendizagem dos discentes atrav?s da pr?pria constru??o do conhecimento devido ? sua inser??o no projeto de pesquisa para o desenvolvimento do produto ?suco de cana pasteurizado?. Para avaliar a aprendizagem desses alunos, utilizou-se o m?todo de atitude do indiv?duo construindo-se um question?rio composto de 25 afirmativas referentes aos conhecimentos te?ricos e pr?ticos relativos ? produ??o de suco de cana pasteurizado. O question?rio foi aplicado aos alunos em quatro momentos diferentes: o primeiro tempo (TI), considerado como tempo zero, onde o grupo de alunos respondeu aos question?rios quando o professor ainda n?o havia ofertado nenhuma informa??o sobre o projeto e suas disciplinas correlatas; o segundo tempo (TII), os alunos responderam ap?s assistirem a uma exposi??o interdisciplinar do projeto; o terceiro tempo (TIII), responderam ap?s a produ??o do suco; e o quarto e ?ltimo tempo (TIV), onde o grupo respondeu aos question?rios ap?s a conclus?o das an?lises. Atrav?s dessa avalia??o foi poss?vel perceber que o desenvolvimento da aprendizagem dos discentes foi crescente e significativo. Eles tamb?m foram avaliados em rela??o ao comprometimento com as atividades propostas atrav?s de: registro de imagens; auto-avalia??o da aprendizagem; desenvolvimento de fluxograma; e a pr?tica na produ??o do produto suco e suas an?lises laboratoriais. O registro de imagens foi outra forma de avalia??o que mostrou de uma maneira diferente o crescimento desses alunos durante a pesquisa. Eles mostraram-se estimulados ao trabalhar com projeto, pois puderam participar de atividades que n?o estavam inseridas em seu cotidiano escolar. Atrav?s das autoavalia??es, eles mostram a vontade de ter um ensino voltado para as quest?es relacionadas ? realidade deles, baseado em um curr?culo em que as diversas ?reas do conhecimento possam atuar de forma integrada. E atrav?s do trabalho com fluxograma, p?de-se perceber claramente o desenvolvimento com rela??o ao processo produtivo do suco de cana. O trabalho mostrou-se muito importante no sentido de orientar o professor a trabalhar outros m?todos de ensino tanto em sala de aula, campo ou laborat?rio para estimular o interesse do discente pela proposta pedag?gica de uma disciplina. Os estudantes aprenderam melhor e demonstraram maior satisfa??o quando se sentiram fazendo parte do processo de aprendizagem e n?o apenas recebendo os conhecimentos passivamente.

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2018-09-20T12:25:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Ac?cio de Andrade Pacheco.pdf: 3752604 bytes, checksum: 6a4159ce70935cfecb50ad2e683ac285 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-20T12:25:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Ac?cio de Andrade Pacheco.pdf: 3752604 bytes, checksum: 6a4159ce70935cfecb50ad2e683ac285 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-06 / The Rural Campus of Marab? (IFPA-CRMB) of the Federal Institute of Science and Technology of the State of Par? (IFPA) offers the Technical Course in Agropecu?ria Integrated to High School, based on the pedagogy of alternation, via generator theme. The students of this course are inserted in a regional context of agrarian conflicts and the evident incentive to livestock as a model of production, having as consequence the deforestation of Areas of Permanent Preservation (APP). This context is expressed in the significant speeches that subsidized the theme of this course, for example: (I hope that this course can empower me for the job market.) I believe that students will solve the lack of infrastructure, mechanization and technical assistance That we have in the area). Due to the need for a field education that is contextualized and compatible with the realities of the field, there is a need to develop teaching practices that value students' research, reasoning and way of life. In this way, this research aimed to develop, apply and evaluate the use of schematic maps (sketches) as pedagogical method, to understand the situation and relevance of protected territorial spaces defined in Law 12.651, particularly APP, within the perspective of Field Education and pedagogic alternation, via the generating theme. These procedures were carried out with a view to stimulating the production of theoretical and practical knowledge for a more concrete productive planning of the rural properties. Seventy students participated in this study, divided into two groups, participants and non-participants. The methodology used was action research, applying and evaluating the use of sketches as a teaching tool. The results show that, through the use of the sketches, the students visualized more clearly the main forms of use and occupation of the spaces of family property, identified the APP areas, applied knowledge of ecological processes and environmental legislation to the different situations. / O Campus Rural de Marab? (IFPA-CRMB) do Instituo Federal de Ci?ncias e Tecnologia do Par? (IFPA) oferece o Curso T?cnico em Agropecu?ria Integrado ao Ensino M?dio, baseado na pedagogia da altern?ncia, via tema gerador. Os estudantes deste curso est?o inseridos em um contexto regional de conflitos agr?rios e ao evidente incentivo ? pecu?ria como modelo de produ??o, tendo como consequ?ncias o desmatamento de ?reas de Preserva??o Permanente (APP). Este contexto apresenta-se expresso nas falas significativas que subsidiaram o tema gerador deste curso, a exemplo: (Espero que esse curso possa me capacitar para o mercado de trabalho. Acredito que os alunos v?o resolver a falta de infraestrutura, mecaniza??o e de assist?ncia t?cnica que temos na regi?o). Devido a necessidade de uma Educa??o do Campo contextualizada e compat?vel com realidades do campo, surge a necessidade de se desenvolver pr?ticas de ensino que valorizem a investiga??o, o racioc?nio e o modo de vida dos estudantes. Desta forma, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo desenvolver, aplicar e avaliar o uso de mapas esquem?ticos (croquis) como m?todo pedag?gico, para compreens?o da situa??o e relev?ncia de espa?os territoriais protegidos definidos na Lei 12.651, particularmente, APP, dentro da perspectiva da Educa??o do Campo e da altern?ncia pedag?gica, via tema gerador. Tais procedimentos foram realizados numa perspectiva de estimular a produ??o de conhecimentos te?ricos e pr?ticos para um planejamento produtivo mais concreto das propriedades rurais. Participaram desta pesquisa 70 estudantes, divididos em dois grupos, participantes e n?o participantes. A metodologia utilizada foi a pesquisa-a??o, aplicando e avaliando o uso dos croquis como instrumento de ensino. Os resultados apontam que atrav?s do uso dos croquis os estudantes visualizaram com mais clareza as principais formas de uso e ocupa??o dos espa?os da propriedade familiar, identificaram as ?reas de APP, aplicaram conhecimentos de processos ecol?gicos e de legisla??o ambiental ?s diversas situa??es.

Work-life balance is a key indicator of employee satisfaction, retention, and social health as well as organizational creativity and productivity. These dual benefits for employee and employer have generated interest in promoting work-life balance. Supervisors who operate from a transformational leadership framework have been linked to greater work-life balance among employees (Lamm, 2011; (Kutilek, Conklin, & Gunderson, 2002). The role of a supportive organizational culture is also central (Lewis, 2001). In this study, Cooperative Extension Service agents (N = 1390) participated in a nationwide survey exploring the relationship between rated levels of transformational leadership among district directors, work-life balance, and work-life balance organizational culture. The results from confirmatory factor analyses indicate these three separate dimensions. The findings from the structural equation model demonstrate that all paths, except transformational leadership to personal life interference with work, are statistically significant. Work-life balance organizational culture is the largest contributor to the total effect of these associations. This study confirms that the supervisor and organizational culture join together to forge an important alliance of support for work-life balance among subordinates. Findings reveal the need for additional study of specific ways leaders foster positive work-life balance organizational culture.