O professor universitário em tempos de barbárie e os desafios para a formação da autonomia

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Bastos, Marcelo de Andrade
• Orientador(a): Casali, Alipio
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Educação: Currículo
• Departamento: Educação
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Educação superior; Professor universitário; Barbárie; Autonomia
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Higher education; University professor; Barbarism; Autonomy
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO::CURRICULO
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/9699

The highly competitive and globalized world we live in requires better prepared professionals. The University, which is in principle a place of freedom and autonomy to teach, research and exercise critical thinking, has an urgent need for understanding its possibilities of intervention in socio-historical transition of society. The main issue that raises from this research is that of the barbarism in its origin, its meaning and its manifestations yesterday and today, more specifically in matters related to higher education and its relationship to the research subject, the university professor. This paper initially considers the role of the University, its origin, structure and importance. It reflects on the figure of the professor in regard to their training, having as background the relevance of the curriculum for the seek of autonomy this initial movement, this research reflects on some current events in the world, presenting an overview of the practices and challenges faced by society, relating them to the concept of barbarism, its causes and consequences. Finally we present the results of field research, qualitative study, conducted in a private higher education institution in the city of São Paulo. Bibliographical research was undertaken with content analysis on data collected through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The final considerations seek to reflect on the theoretical and empirical notes collected during the research and propose possible pathways for the development of the autonomy of the university professor. The supporting authors of this research are primarily Theodor Adorno and Paulo Freire, and secondarily, Michael Apple, Henry Giroux, Zygmunt Bauman and John Dewey, among others