Potential of technical visits to the Skills Development: the case of Community Garden in Morro da Coroa

Abstract

This work is investigating the potential of technical visits that occur in the Community Garden in Crown Hill in Santa Teresa / RJ. We tested the development of skills through the interpretation of the meanings attributed by social actors working in productive activities on site. The qualitative research was developed with the monitoring and analysis of the experiences of visitors and visited. Students have reproduced some of the activities in another community in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro (Morro do Salgueiro) and produced a documentary called "Playing Health." Since this scenario, highlights the importance of technical visits to the development of new skills, when considering the following areas: educational communication, action research and social technology.