Trajetória e mecanismos da autoavaliação institucional de cursos da modalidade a distância na Universidade Federal de Goiás

Abstract

This study has the general objective of analyzing and understanding the trajectory and mechanisms of the institutional self-evaluation of courses in the distance modality of the Federal University of Goiás. The research developed is of the qualitative, bibliographic and documentary type. The theoretical support for the analysis of the institutional evaluation is based on Afonso (2000, 2010, 2013), Lehfeld et al. (2010) and Sobrinho (2002, 2003a, 2003b, 2008a, 2008b, 2010). The study of distance education is based on Lima (2013, 2014a, 2014b), Moore and Kearsley (2010), and Peters (2004). The data collection and its analysis was used in the triangular methodology, in the scope of bibliographical, documentary and field research, theorization and interviews carried out to the managers of the university linked to the evaluation, to the Dean and also to different members of the Institutional Evaluation Committee (Cavi): an administrative technician, a student representative and a representative of civil society, totaling 9 respondents. In the meantime, we try to understand in which the place of distance education in the institutional self-assessment of the Federal University of Goiás stands? Throughout its development, the study deals with distance education, its evolution from the use of radio to the advent of the Internet, its aspects in Brazilian legislation and its trajectory in the Federal University of Goiás. Institutional assessment, its conceptions, history in Brazil, current legislation, and, finally, self-assessment and the role of the Self Assessment Commission (CPA). Finally, the self-assessment of the Federal University of Goiás, along with its Cavi/CPA are studied in the aspect of distance education, seeking to understand its trajectory, mechanisms and processes. The result obtained was that distance education is not completely institutionalized in the context of the university, so that the realized self-assessment does not contemplate it in an integral and formative way, also hindering the process of diagnosis and improvement of the modality in the institution of higher education.