Política educacional e desenvolvimento sustentável: desafios do ifam frente as demandas de sustentabilidade social em Manacapuru – Amazonas

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the challenges faced by the Instituto Federal do Amazonas (IFAM) – Manacapuru Campus, in the state of Amazonas, in the face of the demands for social sustainability in the municipality, considering the development policy and educational policy that created it. Given this relationship between educational policy and development policy, the research problem arose: has the educational policy of IFAM, through its courses in Digital Game Programming, Fisheries Resources, Computer Science, Administration, Sales, Internet Computer Science, and Aquaculture, been aligned with the demands for social sustainability in Manacapuru? Methodologically, a historical-critical analysis was adopted, based on historical-dialectical materialism, based on studies of social, economic, and educational relations on the subject, in the search for understanding the historical conditions, in their contradictions, of the IFAM Advanced Campus to meet the demands for social sustainability in the municipality of Manacapuru. Thus, the theoretical approach of the research emphasizes the analysis of Brazilian economic development policies, to be anchored in the sustainable development policy, in order to support the understanding of the actions of the Federal Institute. As a result of this option, it was necessary to historically review the economic development policies adopted from the 1930s, when capitalism established in the country broke with the agro-slavery model, until the present, when sustainable development policies are opposed to economic development policies, in order to explain how these development policies influence educational policies. The results show that the courses offered by IFAM-Manacapuru are aligned with the demands of social sustainability in the municipality, contributing to the training of professionals capable of facing local challenges and the job market in the areas of Information and Communication Technology, Management and Business, and Natural Resources. Furthermore, the historical analysis reveals the economic development policy and strategies adopted in the first two decades of the 21st century, from which the IFAM Campus Manacapuru was born in 2014. The research also highlights the importance of integrating social sustainability as a pedagogical purpose into the curriculum, ensuring that IFAM meets the expectations and needs of the Manacapuru community. Finally, the historical-critical analysis, based on historical-dialectical materialism, allowed a comprehensive understanding of the social, economic and political relations of the educational context in which IFAM is located, in order to face the educational challenges posed by the sociocultural reality of Manacapuru. With this, it is expected that this study will contribute to the improvement of educational policies that seek social sustainability and sustainable development for the Amazon region.