Introdução à EPT no ensino médio integrado: pílulas de informação em um APP para o processo seletivo do IFBA

Abstract

The present research was motivated by evidence suggesting that students enrolled in the Integrated High School (EMI) program at the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and T echnology of Bahia (IFBA) are unfamiliar with the characteristics of their own educational formation under the category of Professional and T echnological Education (EPT). In this investigation, an Educational Product (PE) is proposed as a strategy to facilitate an initial engagement of these students with the teleology of Professional and T echnological Education (EPT). The long-term objective is that, through this engagement, students may recognize EPT as their own, assuming an active role in their education and thereby enhancing the intended human and civic emancipation envisioned in the Institute’s mission. The strategy designed to achieve this objective is based on the powerful communicative opportunity provided by the Selection Processes (Prosel) for student admission to the Institute’s technical high school programs. The Educational Product (PE) conceived to operationalize this strategy is a prototype of an application (App) for Prosel registration, designed to periodically display alerts containing ‘information capsules’ about the theoretical foundations of EPT during the duration of each Selection Process. In this research, these ‘capsules’ were created through a process of transduction — both in terms of text and format — of the scientific concepts underlying EPT into a language that aligns more closely with that of the young candidates applying for IFBA ’s integrated courses. T o develop this applied research, which follows a qualitative approach, methodological procedures such as bibliographic review , experimental action research, and Design Science Research (DSR) were employed, culminating in a user testing phase to assess the experience with the information capsules presented in the prototype App. The ultimate objective of this research, which constitutes the first phase of a DSR application, was to analyze the evaluation results of the App, as assessed by a sample of students, regarding its capacity to contribute to their knowledge about the institution and the teleology of EPT . The test involved a sample of 12 newly enrolled EMI students at IFBA ’s Lauro de Freitas campus, who were given three questionnaires, one after each of the three App usage test sessions. Based on the questionnaire responses, the study confirmed the initial research hypothesis that incoming EMI students at IFBA lack knowledge about the foundations of EPT . Additionally , the findings validated the PE’s capacity to contribute teleologically to students' educational formation. For future research, several needs were identified: adjustments in the transduction of certain EPT foundations; modifications to the time allocated for PE testing; expansion of the student sample; and the inclusion of additional questionnaire questions aimed at assessing students’ understanding of EPT foundations. Moreover, future studies are suggested to analyze the potential impact of the proposed PE on the Institute’s selection process.