Educação profissional na Paraíba e o ensino técnico como potencializador nas Escolas Cidadãs integrais do estado: um estudo de caso da Escola Estadual Cidadã Integral Técnica Juarez Maracajá

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze Education from the perspective of technical education in the state of Paraíba – having as an investigation field the Escola Estadual Cidadã Integral Técnica Juarez Maracajá, located in the city of Gurjão-PB. The specific objectives are: (a) to analyze the criteria adopted by the state government for the transition from integrated secondary education to integrated technical secondary education; (b) make an exposition of the means that encourage the implementation of this teaching modality in the education of the municipality. Through a historical overview of vocational education in Brazil, discussions are made on the institutional aspects that underlie the educational system for the purposes of organization and effectiveness of theoretical and practical knowledge. In methodological terms, the qualitative approach and in terms of its nature is basic research. The structure of this work is divided into two sections – the historical context of vocational education in Brazil and in the State of Paraíba; an approach to the addition of technical education integrated to high school, the characterization of the municipality of Gurjão-PB and the EECIT Juarez Maracajá as well as the exposition of the regionalization of the city understood as a demand for the professional education system. The conclusive character permeates the positive insertion of technical education as a reference for building the individual still in the school phase for incisive and future professions.