Projeto conhecendo o IFG: uma perspectiva dialógica entre comunicação e extensão

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the Conhecendo o IFG project at the Goiânia campus and its contributions to disseminating technical courses integrated to high school. It is a research referenced in historical-dialectical materialism, of qualitative nature, and employed documents, questionnaires and interview as instruments for data collection. The theoretical framework was linked to the areas of the historical trajectory of IFG, communication, extension, and public communication, in a dialogical perspective, addressing Ana Carolina Temer, Jorge Duarte, Heloiza Matos, Octavio Ianni, Otaíza Romanelli, Paulo Freire, Mariângela Haswani, Margarida Kunsch, Marise Ramos, Simone Tuzzo, Sueli Mazzilli, among others. The research revealed that, besides promoting the institution itself, the project enables the strengthening of IFG social function, the democratization of the access to it, and the recognition, by project participants, of its public and quality education. In addition, this research evidenced the importance that the Conhecendo o IFG project has for the teachers and students participating in the visits to the campus, which corroborates one of the main justifications for the creation of the "Guide for the implementation of Conhecendo o IFG Project on campuses" as a final educational product.