Aprendizagem profissional: a lei do aprendiz no auxílio à inserção segura dos alunos dos cursos técnicos integrados ao médio do IFPI/Campus Pedro II no mundo do trabalho

Abstract

This literature review was developed for the Graduation Program in Professional and Technological Education – ProfEPT, a nationwide network, within the second line of research, Organization and Memory of the Pedagogical Spaces in Professional and Technological Education. It starts introducing the history of professional education in Brazil, its assistentialist origins and how this form of teaching evolved along the years to reach its current form. After that, the relationship between labor and education was discussed using the studies developed by scholars such as Saviani (2007 e 2011), Frigotto (2005, 2009), Marise Ramos (2005 e 2008) and Kuenzer (1995, 1999, 2009 e 2017), presenting the beginning of this association, as well as showing how this relationship assumed different perspectives as society evolved. This study also sought to analyze how the application of labor was developed in the professional education in Brazil and how the relationship of labor and education is approached by the Brazilian educational law, attempting to understand, using the legislation as a reference, the impact provoked by the recurring educational reforms in our country, especially those which affect the Professional and Technical Education in High School. Still inside the perspective of associating labor and education, the possibility of inclusion of young people into the world of labor through professional learning, highlighting the legal norms which refer to this subject and, finally, the role of the Federal Institute of Piauí regarding the promotion and support of the young workers is presented. Based on that, with the intention of informing students of the Technical Courses Integrated to High School of IFPI/Pedro II Campus about the opportunity of entering the world of labor as an apprentice at the age of 14, an educational product was designed, which is a requirement for completing ProfEPT. The product is an interactive digital manual and its function is to raise awareness among students about their rights and duties as apprentices. The research has a qualitative approach, carrying out data collection in articles, books and legislation which discuss these topics. The assessment of the educational product was performed in three stages: firstly, the material produced was sent to law, administration and accounting professors of IFPI, collecting the opinion of experts; in a second moment, the manual was delivered to the students who had to respond to a questionnaire after reading the text; finally, after these two stages, the final product was presented and validated by an examining board of the program. It is believed that this study presents important and necessary information to explain to students the theme of professional learning, assisting the IFPI/Pedro II Campus in the preparation of these young people, introducing them safely to the world of labor, reinforcing the importance that, even with the start of their professional life, the maintenance of their educational life is essential, contributing to the fight against the exploitation of child labor.