O Desenvolvimento Regional e a Educação Profissional e Tecnológica: Caso dos IFETs Da Microrregião do Sudoeste de Goiás

Abstract

This dissertation addressed the theme "Regional development and professional and technological education", seeking to understand the spatial and territorial dimension of socioeconomic phenomena, the dynamism of some regions and the decline and stagnation of others, occupation and expansion of the agricultural frontier in the state of Goiás and the relevance of the municipalities of southwestern Goiás in the development of the State, considering the importance and role of higher education and professional and technological education for the growth and development of a given region. In order to clarify the questions arising from the uncertainties that permeate the theme, the period from 1995 to 2010, which coincides with the governments of Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), marked by the policies of expansion and internalization of Brazilian education. The focus of the analyzes highlights the legislation, programs and actions that contributed to the expansion of the Federal Network of Vocational, Scientific and Technological Education (REPCT), seeking to establish a counterpoint for the reflection and analysis of the expansionist movement in Brazil and in Goiás. The research seeks to move forward with proposals on the relevance of higher education in the regional development process, which stems from debates on the quality of education, the provision of courses linked to local expertise, the roles of the actors, the impacts on the quality of life of the population , the local development, finally, on the results presented in the social, economic and educational aspects. As a result, it was sought to investigate whether the growth of REPCT during the period delineated for the research contributed to the social, economic and educational development of the state of Goiás and, above all, the municipalities of the Southwest Microregion of Goiás (MSG) in which the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology (IFETs) that make up the network have been restructured and / or implemented. To answer this question, the dissertation sought to raise the following topics regarding the microregion under study: socioeconomic profile of the municipalities that compose it; characterization of educational structures; mapping of higher education and the presence of IFETs; and measurement of professional training. In the research, we started with the general - theoretical framework (theoretical aspects of regional development) for the particular - historical-empirical framework. The state of the art of the object of study (structure for vocational training) was also studied and a Case Study - Local-Empirical Approach was carried out, in order to evaluate the role of REPCT in the qualification of professional staff. It was concluded, therefore, that the growth of the REPCT during the period defined for the research (1995-2010) contributed to the regional development of the country and, above all, to the municipalities of the Southwest Microregion of Goiás.