A educação do campo no contexto de desenvolvimento do litoral Norte do estado do rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This research intends to address the social and educational aspects of the first year of the Rural Education course at Federal University of Rio Grande do SUl (UFRGS) North Coast Campus. The intention was to analyze the relationship established between the political pedagogical proposal, with emphasis on the natural sciences and the design of territorial development, considering socio-economic aspects of the North Coast of the RS. To understand the pedagogical advances in this ongoing implementation process, there was a qualitative research among students of the first class seeking to question about the understanding of the same in relation to the design of the Rural Education course, the role of pedagogical practices in the debate on sustainable development of the region, the relationship established between the Rural Education, development and Natural Sciences and as the course has contributed to the personal and professional training.