INICIAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA NO ENSINO MÉDIO TÉCNICO INTEGRADO: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NO INSTITUTO FEDERAL GOIANO - CAMPUS MORRINHOS

Abstract

The present study aims to evaluate the influence and contribution of Scientific Initiation to the training of technical high school students in the consolidation of research and knowledge production at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Goiano - Campus Morrinhos. To achieve the intended purposes, this research used a mixed approach of the case study type, carried out by means of documentary analysis and application of questionnaires with a selected and intentional sample of 18 professors, 22 scholarship students and 7 volunteers, all participating in the Institutional Program for Scientific Initiation Scholarships and volunteer for high school at the institution. The data obtained were categorized and analyzed using the content analysis technique, complemented with socio-demographic data worked on charts and tables. The results obtained from the participants' reports point to the contributions of scientific initiation to the training of technical high school students, providing initial contact between students and research, in addition to reinforcing the relevance of Scientific Initiation programs for the achievement of objectives and purposes of the institution. It is possible to conclude that, despite the Scientific Initiation with students of technical high school present limitations and difficulties related to the inexperience and lack of previous knowledge of the students, this modality has collaborated with the social and intellectual development of the students, besides contributing to the consolidation of research at the institution. The results of this research led to an educational product that was developed and organized in a guide, entitled “Scientific Initiation: Basic guide for beginners”, directed to students of Technical High School, in simple and direct language, with the objective of bringing students closer to the research universe, since this practice is very important, especially for training aimed at Technological Professional Education, such as that offered by the Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education, among other educational institutions.