AGRICULTURE FAMILY SCHOOL, PEDAGOGY OF ALTERNATION, LIFE QUALITY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENTS: THE CASE OF THE AGRICULTURE FAMILY SCHOOL IN CASTELO, BRAZIL

  • Sharinna Venturim Zanuncio Instituto de Ensino Superior do Espírito Santo
  • Flávia Venturim Zanuncio Instituto de Ensino Superior do Espírito Santo
Keywords: Farm Education, Agriculture Family School, Young Farmers, Pedagogy of Alternation, Life Quality

Abstract

The Agriculture Family School and its methodology, the Pedagogy of Alternation, provides a type of education that valorizes the cultural, social, communitarian, political and religious aspects mainly of rural young people by giving them equal conditions with life quality for themselves and their families. The contributions of the Pedagogy of Alternation in the Agriculture Family School of the town of Castelo ES Brazil were verified with regard to life quality of fourth-year students, and the present and future valorization of the farmer from the students´ point of view. Structured questionnaires were applied to the headmistress of the Institution and to fourth-year students of the Professional Technical Education integrated to High School with the Technical Course in Agriculture and Livestock of the Agriculture Family School of Castelo, Brazil. Data were organized by description, taking into consideration relationship to the respective aims and then a comparative reading of the contents was done. The Agriculture Family School and its methodology were highly important for the educational and personal development of the agents in current research and provided them with new opportunities. In fact, they applied the theory learned in the school to their daily lives on the farm through the valorization of farmers and their knowledge. By staying on the farm with life quality, these young people received their education with dignity and aware of their great opportunities.

Author Biographies

Sharinna Venturim Zanuncio, Instituto de Ensino Superior do Espírito Santo
Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Economia Doméstica da Universidade Federal de Viçosa (PPGED/UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brasil; Mestre em Economia Doméstica pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV ); e Licenciada em Biologia pelo Instituto de Educação e Tecnologia (INET), Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Flávia Venturim Zanuncio, Instituto de Ensino Superior do Espírito Santo
Graduanda em Engenharia de Produção na Faculdade Multivix - Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, ES, Brasil
Published
2015-08-07
Issue
Vol 20 No 1 (2015): jan./jun.
Section
Artigos Originais
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