Thematic seminar in the concept of the top education of the ifto - campus araguatins

In the capitalist world the competition is fundamental for the development of progress, despite all technological advances, reading and oral communication is a prerequisite for a good academic and professional training. The thematic seminar became a helper tool in the classroom, being widely used especially in the university world, enabling the student, encouraging research and extension. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the views of academics in higher education at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Tocantins - Campus Araguatins, regarding the use of thematic seminar as a teaching and learning strategy and contributions to academic training and professional. To achieve the objectives of this study, we developed a field research, in which we applied a closed questionnaire for a total of 50 students of that institution, containing nine questions. The results showed the importance of integrating the use of thematic seminar as an effective technique to learning and the use of organized and structured way makes for a good training. Furthermore, this paper presents a small sample of the seminar's role in educating preparation.