Structural coloniality in vocational education: an analysis based on critical thinking and the framework of Implicit Statistical Analysis

Authors

  • Rafael Santos de Aquino Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano (IFSertãoPE)
  • Ana Maria dos Anjos Carneiro-Leão Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)
  • Nadja Maria Acioly-Régnier Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
  • Ricardo Francelino da Silva Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)
  • Priscila Aparecida dos Santos Cordeiro Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31416/rsdv.v13i2.1130

Keywords:

Implicative Statistical Analysis, Decoloniality, Inclusive Education, Professional and Technological Education, Interculturality

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of the curriculum of the Integrated High School for Agricultural Technicians on the intercultural and decolonial structure of the school, based on an analysis of critical thinking and the framework of Implicit Statistical Analysis (ISA). The study took place in a federal vocational school in the hinterland of Pernambuco, which is multiculturally characterized by the presence of sertanejos, indigenous, quilombola and urban students. Qualitative-quantitative research involved the construction of data through lexicometry, intercultural and decolonial thematic content analysis of the Project and Course Plan (PCP) of the High School Integrated to the Agricultural Technician, based analytically on critical thinking and ISA in consideration of the data collected about the students' perspective on school interculturality. The results showed that the colonial structure of the PCP favors the maintenance of the current structure due to the exclusion and unvibilization of students from traditional cultures, mainly indigenous and quilombolas.

Author Biographies

Rafael Santos de Aquino, Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano (IFSertãoPE)

Professor at the Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano - IFSertãoPE since 2010, he has a degree in Animal Science from the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE and participated in the CAPES/FIPSE-USA Sandwich Degree Program between UFRPE and Texas AM University, resulting in a Specialization in Agriculture and Life Science. He also has a degree in Biological Sciences (UFRPE) and is a specialist in Biology Teaching (Universidade Cândido Mendes, UCAM). He has a Master's degree in Animal Science (UFRPE). He completed his doctorate in co-supervision between the Postgraduate Program in Science and Mathematics Teaching, PPGEC/UFRPE and the École Doctorale Éducation Culture et Politique, ECP at the Université Lumière Lyon 2, in France, obtaining the degrees of Doctor in Science and Mathematics Teaching (UFRPE) and in Science de l'Éducaton et la Formation from the French university. Works in the area of Animal Science and Biology, Science Teaching, Applied Implicit Statistical Analysis (ISA), Multicultural Education and Mixed Scientific Methodology applied to Teaching and Education. Full professor of the Postgraduate Program in Professional and Technological Education (ProfEPT) - Professional Master's Degree in Professional and Technological Education in the National Network by IFSertãoPE Campus Salgueiro.

Ana Maria dos Anjos Carneiro-Leão, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

She has a degree in Medicine (1986) and a master's degree in Biochemistry (1992) from the Federal University of Pernambuco, and a doctorate in Science (Biochemistry) from the Federal University of Paraná (1998). He completed a post-doctoral internship at the Federal University of Ceará (2006). Between 1988 and 2006, he carried out research activities in the field of Biochemistry, developing pre-clinical trials of bioactive molecules, specifically anti-tumor activity, anti-Schistosoma mansoni and the modulation of inflammatory and healing processes. He is currently Associate Professor 4 at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, working on teaching and learning processes in Biology. His teaching experience focuses on the construction of meanings in relation to microscopic and procedural Biology content/concepts (Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics), from a systemic-complex perspective and in a multicultural context. These activities are aimed at the initial and continuing training of teachers to work in secondary and higher education. She has worked in the following postgraduate programs: (1) UFRPE's Postgraduate Program in Science Teaching (master's and doctorate), since 2001, assuming the Coordination team of this Program in the 2016-2020 quadrennium; and (2) Rede Nordeste de Ensino (RENOEN), UFRPE pole, since 2020 and being part of the Coordination of this Pole, from 2022.

Nadja Maria Acioly-Régnier, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

She has a degree in Psychology from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1981), a Master's degree in Cognitive Psychology from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1985), a Diploma of In-depth Studies (D.E.A.) in Psychology from the Université René Descartes Paris V Sorbonne (1989) and a PhD in Psychology from the same university in 1994. She is currently a full professor at the ESPE (École Supérieure du Professorat et de l'Éducation de l'Académie de Lyon), a researcher at the Equipe d'Accueil 4571 Éducation, Cultures, Politiques and an associate researcher at UMR 5191 ICAR - Interactions, Corpus, Apprentissage, Représentations. She has experience in Psychology and Education, with an emphasis on Cognitive Psychology, working mainly on the following topics: culture, cognition and affectivity, intercultural psychology, professional didactics, learning scientific and mathematical concepts in formal, non-formal and informal contexts. Current or former researcher in the following research groups: Psychology of Mathematics Education (UNICAMP); NUPPEM (UFPE); Visiting professor at the University of Caxias do Sul, UCS-RS-Brazil. Collaborating professor at the PUC-SP Master's Degree in Mathematics Education and the Postgraduate Program in Science Teaching at UFRPE Recife in Recife.

Ricardo Francelino da Silva, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)

PhD in Education - UNESP/Marília and Educational Sciences - Université Lumière Lyon 2/Lyon, Master's in Psychology from UNESP/Assis (2017), Degree in History (2008) and Pedagogy (2013) from Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESP/Assis; Specialist in Planning, Implementation and Management of Distance Education from Universidade Federal Fluminense UFF/Niterói (2013). Member of GEPEDEME - Study and Research Group on Moral Development and Education and GEPEES - Study and Research Group on Education, Ethics and Society, at UNESP Assis. He has experience in the areas of History, Philosophy and Sociology, as a secondary and technical school teacher and in teaching Psychology on undergraduate courses. He conducts research into the influences of affectivity on teaching and learning processes, teacher training, with an emphasis on interpersonal relationships in the educational context.

Priscila Aparecida dos Santos Cordeiro, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

PhD student in Science Teaching by the Postgraduate Program in Science and Mathematics Teaching (PPGEC) of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Master's degree by the same Postgraduate Program in the research line Processes of construction of meanings in teaching Science and Mathematics. Graduated in Full Degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco - UFRPE (2018). Bachelor's degree in Nursing from the University Center of Guararapes - UNIFG (2014-2019). Nursing Technician from the Almirante Soares Dutra State Technical School - ETEASD (2014). She worked as a scholarship holder in the Institutional Program for Teaching Initiation Scholarship - PIBID of UFRPE (2014-2016) and as a scholarship holder and volunteer in the Institutional Program for Scientific Initiation - PIIC of UNIFG (2016/2017). She worked as a volunteer in the University Extension of UNIFG - Humaniza, whose project promotes community health actions in the municipality of Jaboatão dos Guararapes. She currently teaches Biology (volunteer) in the Project Rumo à Universidade (PRU) and is part of the research group linked to the Laboratory of Research in Science Teaching (LAPEC/UFRPE).

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Published

2025-04-12

How to Cite

SANTOS DE AQUINO, Rafael; CARNEIRO-LEÃO, Ana Maria dos Anjos; ACIOLY-RÉGNIER, Nadja Maria; FRANCELINO DA SILVA, Ricardo; CORDEIRO, Priscila Aparecida dos Santos. Structural coloniality in vocational education: an analysis based on critical thinking and the framework of Implicit Statistical Analysis. Revista Semiárido De Visu, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 2, p. 247–267, 2025. DOI: 10.31416/rsdv.v13i2.1130. Disponível em: https://semiaridodevisu.ifsertao-pe.edu.br/index.php/rsdv/article/view/1130. Acesso em: 19 apr. 2025.