A formação em Serviço Social na modalidade de Educação a Distância (EAD)

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Priscila Cristina da
• Orientador(a): Rodrigues, Maria Lucia
• 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 Serviço Social
• Departamento: Faculdade de Ciências Sociais
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Ensino superior; Educação a distância; Formação profissional
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Higher education; Distance education; Professional qualification
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::SERVICO SOCIAL
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/19058

This study aims to discuss the qualification in social work in the form of Distance Education (DE). The growth in quantitative distance superior courses is aligned with the educational policy implemented by the federal government since the mandate of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, with continuity in the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Roussef. The need to promote massively the access of students to universities was achieved by encouraging the opening and expansion of private Higher Education Institutions (HEI), and courses in this modality, especially in the last decade. The supply growth of distance learning courses has two faces: on the one hand, encourages the private education sector, in which education is sold as a commodity, often without due concern for their quality. On the other hand, it is the opportunity of higher education to a significant number of students who have not had access to classroom courses. In the case of Social Work, distance graduation is seen as part of a process of impoverishment of the qualification, and the profession, through their unions, is positioned unfavorably to the DE. However, currently the distance courses cover most of the social work students, which leads us to question whether the confrontation stance on such courses from the category of social workers is the best strategy in the struggle for quality of professional qualification. In this regard, we consider it is required to demonstrate the representativeness of DE in the scene of qualification in Social Work in Brazil, as well as know the qualification this courses offer. For this, we conducted a qualitative research, seeking to discuss the DE from different points of view, presenting the current situation of Higher Education in the country with emphasis on distance learning courses in Social Work. For this, we use data from the Census of Higher Education carried out by the Ministry of Education (MEC). In the field research, we aimed to know the qualification offered in some of these courses, considering the perspective of the subjects inserted in this process: coordinators, students and social workers graduated in distance learning courses. The contact with the subject was made with instrumental like group interview and online survey. Our aim is to discuss qualification in Social Work through DE, seeking to present new elements beyond the antagonism of opinions that characterize the discussions about this subject because we believe that the debate about the importance of quality in professional qualification should cover all forms of education