THE ROLE OF IFRS LIBRARIANS IN THE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTEGRAL HUMAN EDUCATION.
Professional and Technological Education; integral human formation; multilevel libraries; librarians
This research is linked to the Postgraduate Program in Professional and Technological Education (ProfEPT), in the line of research “Educational Practices in Professional and Technological Education (EPT)” and linked to the macroproject “Methodological proposals and teaching resources in formal and non-formal teaching spaces at EPT”. It is expected to understand how IFRS librarians can contribute to the training of their students, from the perspective of integral human education (FHI); identify the role of libraries in EPT and understand librarians' understanding of EPT concepts. The research is characterized as qualitative in terms of nature, applied in terms of purpose, and exploratory and descriptive research in terms of objectives. The research procedures include field and bibliographic research. The theoretical basis presents the history of EPT in Brazil; FHI; the history of the Federal Network for Professional, Scientific and Technological Education (RFEPCT); an overview of library typologies; and an analysis of the guiding documents of IFRS libraries. This research highlighted the educational and integrative role of multilevel libraries, as essential to FHI. It identified the need for librarians to adapt to the specificities of EPT, witch constitutes the distinctive feature of multilevel libraries, as well as a gap in librarians’ conceptual understanding of FHI and EPT. As an educational product, four vídeos were developed for new IFRS librarians, which focuses on FHI, history of EPT, and multilevel libraries and librarians, providing conceptual support to librarians and enhancing their performance in accordance with the specificities of EPT.