Cursos superiores de tecnologia e perfil econômico regional: análise de egressos do IFSP Piracicaba
Abstract
The Federal Institutes, instituted through Law 11.892 of 2008, bring a new model for the
development of professional education in Brazil. Organized in a multicampi structure and
offering basic, professional and higher education, the Federal Institutes have the characteristics
and purposes of meeting, through the dimensions of teaching, research and extension, social
demands and regional specificities, with a focus on local socioeconomic development, regional
and national, and consolidation and strengthening of the productive, social and cultural
arrangements of the localities in which they operate. Thus, the present study aims to analyze
the insertion of the IFSP Piracicaba in the local and regional economic profile, based on the
analysis of graduates from the Higher Technology Courses. For this, the research carried out a
diagnosis of the economic-productive profile of Piracicaba and region, identifying the most
dynamic sectors of the economy; identified the teaching, research and extension activities
developed by IFSP Piracicaba analyzing the local and regional insertion of the institution;
identified the professional profiles expected by the IFSP for those graduating from the Higher
Technology Courses of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São
Paulo, Campus Piracicaba, through documentary analysis and interviews with agents
representing the courses and the institution; and conducted research with graduates of the
Higher Technology Courses in Analysis and Development of Systems and Industrial
Automation in order to raise opinions on the training obtained, professional exercises in the
area of training, places of origin and current professional practice, suggestions and criticisms.
As a result, the characteristics of the two profiles of graduates were identified, identification of
the predominance of positive opinions regarding the quality of the courses, the theoretical and
practical classes offered by the institution, positive percentages in relation to professional
practice with direct or partial relationship in the area of training and professional retention of
graduates by the municipality of Piracicaba and region, as well as suggestions for improvements
to the actions developed by the institution.
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