Políticas de expansão da educação superior no Brasil: a formação de professores a distância na UAB

Abstract

Abstract:The aim of the study is to understand the distance teacher training in the context of expansion and internalization of higher education. We bring reflections on the process of implementation of the distance teacher training policies in higher education and its implications, specifically in the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT). The methodology uses bibliographical and documentary sources, and interviews with UFT courses coordinators who work in two poles of the Open University of Brazil (UAB) located in the State of Tocantins. The results show that there was a significant increase in the supply of teacher training in distance courses in the state. However, many challenges must be overcome in order to expand access and ensure quality in teacher training.

Mergers and Acquisitions in Brazilian Higher Education Companies

“…The law presented itself as a reordering of the entire educational system and opened a set of innovations to make access to higher education less elitist. Faria, Silva and Almeida (2016) points out that the law makes the structures of institutions that offer higher education more flexible, fostering diversification and culminating in an expansionist movement of the private sphere. Corbucci, Kubota and Meira (2016) adds, noting that the process of economic opening that Brazil experienced in the 1990s was also an accelerating factor for the conjuncture of private higher education, largely due to subsidies and financial incentives offered to institutions.…”