Desafios e perspectivas da formação inicial e continuada (profissional) na comunidade da floresta São Francisco do Iratapuru: um estudo da viabilidade da intervenção do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Amapá

Abstract

The Jari Valley, located across the states of Amapá and Pará, is home to traditional and extractivist communities formed by families who live in forest areas, such as São Francisco do Iratapuru, whose only access is by river. Despite their entrepreneurial potential, these communities face significant challenges related to access and mobility, as well as limitations in initial and continuing education. Such constraints contribute to low rates of high school completion among adults and encourage partial or total family migration to urban areas so that children can attend school, given the geographic isolation. Within the scope of the Iniciativa Amazônia +10, the project entitled “Challenges and perspectives of initial and continuing education in forest and riverine communities: a study on the feasibility of intervention by the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amapá” aims to map educational needs and propose strategies for offering courses that value existing technical and technological knowledge. The initiative seeks to improve quality of life and strengthen the economic autonomy of these communities. The educational product intends to contribute to initial and continuing education in this community as a pilot project, with the possibility of expansion to other forest and riverine communities in the Jari Valley that share similar territorial characteristics. This will occur through the development of Initial and Continuing Training (FIC) courses, validated in collaboration with the community. The research is characterized as an exploratory and descriptive case study with a qualitative approach. Technical procedures include bibliographic research (conceptual framework and state of the art), documentary analysis (FIC courses offered by the Laranjal do Jari campus), and empirical investigation through primary data collection in the community via field interviews. The study will result in a technical report containing suggestions for FIC courses to be presented to institutional management at local and regional levels. The theoretical framework is based on authors such as Vygotsky (1998), Husserl (1965), Marx and Engels (2018), and Freire (2018). Data will be analyzed using content analysis, identifying and quantifying predominant categories to determine common points among the interviewed participants.