Perfil postural: aspectos ergonômicos no ensino profissional tecnológico

Abstract

This project is about the postural profile and the ergonomic aspects of the Professional and Technological Education in IFPI. Its main objective was to investigate the perception of the students and employees of the Federal Institute of Education of Piauí – Campo Maior Campus regarding the ergonomic risks in the school and in the working environment. For the specific objectives, it performed the situational diagnosis with the research participants, concerning the ergonomic risks in IFPI – Campo Maior Campus; it discussed with the students issues related to body posture and the ergonomic condition in school; it made, applied and evaluated some teaching material about good postural practices in theoretical and practical classes in the Technical Course in Agriculture for Integrated High School in IFPI – Campo Maior Campus. This field research, which is exploratory and descriptive, has a quantitative and qualitative approach, and data were collected through the application and analysis of a questionnaire, resulting in the production of an Educational Product (PE) for the Master’s degree Program in Professional and Technological Education – PROFEPT, including illustrative and easily understandable information about the appropriate postures in school and in practical activities. It was concluded that, in the respondents’ perception, the analyzed school presents ergonomically adequate environmental conditions, equipment, material and furniture, which differs from what had been hypothesized at the beginning of the research process, when it was stated that the students are exposed to inadequate ergonomic conditions. However, even with this favorable situation, it was clear that the students do not have basic knowledge about ergonomics and perform inadequate postures in several situations, revealing that the school needs to offer, universally, educational actions to the stakeholders of this school environment. In this perspective, the PE was developed with the expectation of contributing with the minimization of inadequate postural practices and it was well received by the participants of this study, being considered a possible tool for supporting the process of awareness and sensibilization. Therefore, it is expected that the developed PE is applied in the educational practice of the EPT, and that it may educate users about the importance of maintaining a good postural alignment, also serving as a base and encouragement for new studies and further research about ergonomics in the modality of education