Representação estudantil em órgãos colegiados: práticas educativas no conselho superior do IFG

Abstract

This study, developed in the Graduate Program in Technical and Vocational Training (ProfEPT), aimed to analyze the performance of students as representatives in the main collegiate body of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás (IFG), the Superior Council (Conselho Superior – Consup). It is a qualitative research that analyzes the participation of student representatives in the Consup/IFG during the period from 2010 to 2019. The work is based on the theoretical concepts of integral/ omnilateral formation and of democratic and participative management in Professional and Technological Education, based mainly on the works by Vitor Henrique Paro (2000, 2016), Marise Nogueira Ramos (2006, 2008, 2014), Heloísa Lück (2006) and Brzezinski and Santos (2015). As for the methodology for the acknowledge of the reality of the object, the study is based on documentary analysis based on the minutes of Consup meetings in that period and on semi-structured interviews with former student councilors, about their perceptions regarding their participation in the Council. The study is based on the assumption that student participation in collegiate bodies is part of the process of integrating education of these student representatives. It was possible to conclude that among the limitations for the council to be an effective and democratic participation space are the difficulty of reconciling academic and professional activities with the demands of the council, the lack of previous knowledge and experience on the topics discussed in the meetings and the intimidation caused by the presence of managers and representatives of entities that are external to the Institution. However, the experience in the Council provided political learning and personal development, which are reflected in the professional, academic and social life of former student counselors. As one of the results of this research, we built a Pedagogical Workshop Project that integrates the educational product, which objective is to stimulate interest, understanding about the functioning of the institution and of the importance of student participation in decision-making bodies.