Virtual training in sustainable eco-production for lifelong learning at the National Institute for Socialist Education and Training (INCES)

Abstract

Formal education and continuous training are essential for creating flexible educational opportunities tailored to today's workforce, with a focus on emerging areas such as sustainable eco-production. The International Labor Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) propose education and learning as permanently open possibilities to ensure adaptation to change and respond to the new demands of the world of work, the Technological Revolution 4.0, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly in the context of environmental sustainability and eco-production. Within this framework, the objective of this research is to develop a virtual training proposal for qualified curricular units, offering continuous and open access to knowledge, to facilitate lifelong learning in sustainable eco-production through distance training and self-training at INCES. The methodology is based on the interpretive paradigm, following a documentary, field, and descriptive approach. Ethnography was chosen as the primary method, aiming to describe the meanings of the conceptions and experiences of institutional stakeholders involved in distance learning for sustainable eco-production at the National Institute for Training and Socialist Education (INCES). To obtain the information, a research guideline was followed, which directed questions about the experiences associated with the institute's distance learning curriculum, with an emphasis on those related to sustainable eco-production. Then, a focus group was held with working tables to present a virtual training proposal in sustainable eco-production