Field Education and Agroecology: Weaving knowledge and building knowledge in the professional formation of young people in the municipality of Jaguaré-ES

Abstract

The present work aims to investigate how Technological Professional Education - EPT based on Rural Education and Agroecology has been contributing to the social transformation of students from Escola Família Agrícola de Jaguaré in the north of Espírito Santo. The data collection lasted around four months, whose analysis was carried out qualitatively. Research has shown that although students' families generally still maintain traces of conventional management with the adoption of industrialized agricultural inputs, the professional training achieved through Rural Education has enabled young people to reframe the agricultural management practices practiced in their production units, in view of soil care, in a sustainable manner, contributing significantly to the strengthening of family farming in the municipality.

Keywords: rural youth; pedagogy of alternation; local development; sustainability; peasant agriculture.