Communication as a part of the comprehensive education of students at the Cabo Frio Campus of the Fluminense Federal Institute (IFF)

Abstract

This article presents the results of a master's research with the objective of investigating how it is possible to contribute to the integral education process of students at the Cabo Frio campus of the Fluminense Federal Institute through communication. To this end, the main Communication Theories and their relationship with the conceptual bases of Professional and Technological Education were studied. An educational product focused on communication was developed with the aim of contributing to the comprehensive education of students at two levels: that of students as readers and that of students participating in its construction, the digital magazine “What iff?”. This is an applied, qualitative and exploratory field research, carried out with students of the Electromechanics Technician course at the Cabo Frio campus of the Fluminense Federal Institute. The research was carried out in three stages. In the first, the participants answered a questionnaire with questions about their perception of communication on campus. Subsequently, the proposed educational product was constructed with the active participation of students from the campus, and finally, the educational product was presented to the students for evaluation with a new questionnaire. The magazine that was created covers topics of interest to the school community, such as information about the structure and operation of the campus, the campus’s history, cultural information, and scientific dissemination with experiments carried out by students. The research with the participants occurred as planned and the information obtained was important for the elaboration of the proposed educational product, which was well evaluated by them.