Interdisciplinary Teaching Activities for High School Integrated to Vocational Education Promoting Reflections on Industry 4.0 Technologies and Their Implication in Society

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Access to education and training, Polytechnic, VET for secondary students, Education industry relationship, Industry restructuring, Industry 4.0, Society

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The educational system in Brazil, especially the high school level, is characterized by a division, offering a general and humanist formation for the economic elite, and direct preparation for labor, for the working-class. Aiming to overcome this duality and contribute to the polytechnic formation of vocational education students, this paper presents and analyzes interdisciplinary teaching activities that discuss the relationships between Industry 4.0 technologies, production systems, and education.  The educational product, developed and applied based on the action research methodology, consisted of identifying the students' prior knowledge, three units of teaching activities, and a final evaluation questionnaire. According to the students' background and their suggestions, the content and didact methodology of each unit was selected, including the history of industrial revolutions, technologies arising from Industry 4.0 (internet of things, data mining, and cloud computing), the challenges of the fourth Industrial Revolution on the economy and labor. Didact methodologies include dialogic lecture based on slides, hands-on practical activity experimenting Industry 4.0 technologies through free online applications, and debate. Interdisciplinary activities were developed at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo, involving students of the 4th year (last) of high school integrated into vocational education with a qualification in Industrial Automation. During the application it was observed that the use of educational product led to considerable levels of motivation and promoted reflections related to the impact of the industry 4,0 technologies in society and employment. Also, it has been verified that the didact sequence increases the student capacity to identify problems and propose possible solutions; understand labor different dimensions (technology, employment, politics, and economics); use strong argumentation based on reliable sources, proposing possible interventions. Thus, the interdisciplinary approach of technological development, considering not only the technical concepts but also the historical and sociological issues related to the application of technologies in the productive system, contributes to a critical teaching-learning process and the omni-lateral formation in vocational education.

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Author Biographies

  • Mariana Calaon Criscolin Vieira, Federal Institute of Science, Education and Technology of São Paulo

    Graduated in Pedagogy from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2008) and Master’s degree in Vocational Education from Federal Institute Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo (2021). She is currently Teaching Supervisor at the Municipality of Taquaritinga. Has experience in the field of Education, with an emphasis on Vocational Education

  • Riama Coelho Gouveia, Federal Institute of Science, Education and Technology of São Paulo

    PhD in Physics (UFSCar, 2016), Master’s in Physics Teaching (UFSCar, 2011), and Degree in Physics (CEFET-SP, 2005). Since 2008, is a professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo, Sertãozinho campus. During this period, coordinate the Chemistry and Science area, the Special Teacher Training Program, and currently coordinates the Postgraduate Program in Professional and Technological Education-ProfEPT. Has experience and researches in Physics, Physics Teaching and Vocational Education

  • Andre Luis Dias, Federal Institute of Science, Education and Technology of São Paulo

    Graduated a B.Sc. (2007) in Mechatronics Engineering and an M.Sc (2014) and Ph.D (2019) in Electrical Engineering at University of São Paulo. Since 2016, he has been a professor at Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo – Brazil. His research includes intelligent machine fault diagnosis systems, industrial communication protocols and vocational education.

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22-06-2022

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Vieira, M. C. C. ., Gouveia, R. C. ., & Dias, A. L. (2022). Interdisciplinary Teaching Activities for High School Integrated to Vocational Education Promoting Reflections on Industry 4.0 Technologies and Their Implication in Society. Journal of Technical Education and Training, 14(1), 75-89. https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/JTET/article/view/10967