2021-09-032022-01-022021-09-032020-10-27http://200.133.126.212/jspui/handle/123456789/22The labour world has undergone several transformations over the years. The so-called productive restructuring, which has its logic derived from a social, political and economic context marked by financial crises, created new needs for the employee and, consequently, for the professional training student. As an institution from the Federal Professional and Technological Education network, the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Alagoas proposes the formation of a critical polytechnic professional, with knowledge of the dynamics of the productive world, engaged with society and aware of his role in the transformation of reality. Offering an education based on the inseparability between teaching, research and the extension programs, the institution provides the student with access to the fundaments of work, its scientific foundations and culture. In addition, it also enables the student's relationship with the community so that they are able to understand their needs and act together to overcome them. The goal of the dissertation is to develop an educational product in order to improve students' knowledge about extension programs’ actions and awaken their interest in participating. It is an action research with a qualitative approach, which proposes to use a semi-structured questionnaire and interviews as methodological instruments. In the first stage of the research, the diagnostic phase, students enrolled in the year of 2019 on the Marechal Deodoro campus participated in this study, divided into two groups: the first with students who had never participated in extension programs’ actions, and the second with the scholarship holders from the extension programs’ actions developed on the same campus. The data showed that participation in extension programs’ actions contributes to a comprehensive or total training of scholars. However, most students are unaware of the extension programs’ actions that are developed inside the institute. In the second phase of the research, the digital booklet Extension at Ifal (Federal Institute of Alagoas) was developed: learning beyond the walls of the institute. At this time, the educational product went through the assessment of three segments: a) graduating students from integrated high school courses on campus; b) managers and; c) servers from the Dean of Extension Programs. The evaluators were unanimous as to the relevance of the booklet's content to the level of knowledge of high school students and that, its language and illustrative aspects comply with the goal of informing and encouraging high school students of the importance in participating in actions from extension programs. Thus, we can conclude that this research reveals the relevance of extension programs in the integral training of students as well as its importance in fulfilling the social function of the institute.Acesso AbertoEnsinoEducação ProfissionalFormação OmnilateralDissertaçãoCIENCIAS HUMANAS