Energy efficiency public policies and technical high school education: a possible relationship

• Autor(a) principal: Perotoni, Clayton
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Madruga, Kátia Cilene Rodrigues, Knöpker, Mônica
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Trabalho & Educação (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/trabedu/article/view/41140
• topic: Políticas Públicas; Eficiência Energética; Educação profissional técnica de nível médio; Public Policies; Energy Efficiency; Technical High School Education

Over time, public policies have been developed to face a variety of public problems. Among the existing ones are those aimed at energy efficiency. In the case of Brazil, one of these policies is the National Plan for Energy Efficiency, which highlights, among other things, the relevance of education for the implementation of policies of this kind. In addition, it points out the importance of disseminating the topic of energy efficiency in basic education. Considering this, a study was carried out aiming at analyzing how school education can contribute to the implementation of public policies related to energy efficiency. Within the research studies which have been undertaken in this investigation, this article focuses on the one dedicated to evaluating the implementation of a learning situation involving the topic of energy efficiency. This learning situation was conducted in the second semester of 2020.  It was developed in the curricular unit Mechanical Manufacturing applied to Assembly and Maintenance, of the Electro-Mechanics Technical Course, offered at the National Service for Industrial Learning (SENAI) in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil. As a methodological procedure, it was chosen the action research. Regarding the results, it was noticed that the students showed signs of learning about energy efficiency and applied their knowledge in everyday situations. Based on this, it was possible to conclude that school education, by favoring the construction of knowledge, tends to impact the decision making of students, contributing, consequently, to the implementation of public policies related to energy efficiency.