Experience report on an extension project with rural university students in times of a pandemic: training for research

Abstract

In view of the pandemic scenario, caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the Degree in Rural Education at the Federal University of Minas Gerais promoted, through the extension project “Povos do Campo and the COVID-19 Pandemic”, actions aimed at bringing the University closer to the reality of the peasant population. Among the activities promoted, the mini-course “ABNT Standards for Academic Works and Academic Research Tools” was offered, whose main objectives, meeting the needs of students, help graduates, especially those in the process of writing the monograph, to master techniques of academic research, writing, formatting and standardization, as well as making them aware of the importance of academic research for society. The results of the mini-course showed that, even in pandemic times and in the midst of great difficulties in accessing resources, it was possible to promote strategies aimed at the inclusion of peasant peoples and overcoming social inequalities.

Keywords

• degree in rural education
• teacher training
• monitoring in higher education
• pandemic.