Escola Família Agrícola de Santa Cruz do Sul - EFASC : uma contribuição ao desenvolvimento da região do Vale do Rio Pardo a partir da pedagogia da alternância.

Abstract

The present research consists in register and analyze the socio-political and historical process which culminated on the creation of the Gaucho Association Pro-Family Agricultural Schools - AGEFA and later the implementation of the Family Farm School in Santa Cruz do Sul - EFASC in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul, which is located on the Rio Pardo Valley / RS. The researcher analyzes documentation produced during this process, as well as the impressions of those who are part of this project since its origin, including the people and institutions that have implemented AGEFA / EFASC, such as students, families and monitors since the beginning until the graduation of the first class, on the period from 2008 to 2011. It contextualizes EFASC as part of the movement of the Pedagogy of Alternation in the world and as a pioneer, while Family Farm School - EFA in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It also approaches the relations with other institutions working with the Pedagogy of Alternation in the State, Brazil Latin America and the around world. It was observed that the four pillars of the Pedagogy of Alternation (Local Association, Alternation, Integral Training and Environment development), along with all its several pedagogical tools (Study Plan, Joint Commissioning, Monitoring Notebook, Notebook Reality, Families visit, study visit, tutoring...) can contribute on the region development through the training of young people as agricultural technicians, graduated in the teaching-learning Pedagogy of Alternation, with the participation of families and their communities. The families and regional institutions involvement is fundamental for the students development and training process, enabling them to stay in the rural area by choice and have more life quality by diversifying production and realizing their place of living as a possibility of sustainable development.