Field, city, school and profession: young students of the Agricultural Technical School in Subsequent High School / Campo, cidade, escola e profissão: jovens estudantes do curso Técnico em Agropecuária no Ensino Médio Subsequente

• Main Authors: Ludmila Oliveira Holanda Cavalcante, Fábio Dantas de Souza Silva, Luciane Ferreira de Abreu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Alagoas 2019-10-01
• Series: Diversitas Journal
• Subjects: Rural youth; Education; Work
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ifal.edu.br/diversitas_journal/article/view/913

This article discusses the conceptions of youth, work and field of young people who enter into professional education after the conclusion of regular high school and how the life trajectories of these subjects and the formation for the work in the field influence their life projects, dialoguing with aspects that characterize the diversity of Brazilian youth. The data explored in the text were obtained through a qualitative research that followed different stages, such as: analysis of institutional documents of the school where the subjects study, application of questionnaires with the students, realization of focus groups with the students and individual interviews with students of the course and with the manager of the educational institution. The socio-historical approach in the study was significant to collaborate in understanding the scenario of the young subjects of the research and its relationship with the environment over time, in interface with the conceptual debate of the Field Education. The research revealed signs that the linkage of young people to rural areas is weakened, although they opt for a predominantly rural course, students do not demonstrate much connection with the territory and its political and social issues