Os Institutos Federais - modelo de educação promotor de desenvolvimento: um olhar sobre o Campus Santa Rosa

Abstract

The present research consists of an approach that has as reference the educational social public policy of creation of the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology and, more specifically, the process of implantation and expansion of the Instituto Federal Farroupilha was investigated. Analyzing the contributions and impacts with regard to the limits and possibilities of improvement and contribution to regional development, with emphasis on Campus Santa Rosa as a promoter of development, through education. Thus, the relevance of knowing and understanding how this process develops within the Federal Institutes towards human, social and economic development in view of the conception of education from the prism of science and technology. Brazil is a continental country marked by great social and economic inequalities, whose education, until just over a decade ago, was centralized in large centers and cities with higher population rates. The proposed research was intended to investigate the process of implantation and expansion of the Instituto Federal Farroupilha and demonstrates the information both on the number of students served, as well as on the budget of investments used for the construction of the physical structure, costing expenses used to maintain the Campi in operation, in addition to serving students and student assistance activities by the multidisciplinary team in the care given to thousands of students over the years. In this way, the research contributes by demonstrating the work carried out within the institution, providing society in general with the fulfillment and scope of the desired educational purposes at the time of making the educational development plan, the concepts and guidelines and the approval of the creation law. of the Federal Institutes. Regarding the methodology used to achieve the proposed objectives, it follows a qualitative approach, of an exploratory nature, through bibliographic research and case study.