Professor habilitation: the recognition of a trajectory committed to teaching, research, and extension

• Autor(a) principal: Barros,Alba Lucia Bottura Leite de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Batista,Nildo Alves, Barbosa,Dulce Aparecida, Batista,Sylvia Helena Souza da Silva, Pedreira,Mavilde Luz Gonçalves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021001200401
• topic: Higher Education; Graduate Education; Quality Improvement; Higher Education Institution; University

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe faculty member training as a strategy for the development of leaders and the promotion of continuous academic progress in teaching, research, and extension. Method: this reflection article presents a history of the highest academic degree obtained in Brazil, describing the characteristics of the competitions and highlighting aspects and activities that show, nowadays, intellectual and scientific maturation. Results: aspiring professors submit their academic trajectory to analysis and judgment by peers, based on strict assessment criteria, to receive a professor habilitation. Its purpose is to promote a moment of analysis of their academic career and to identify the remarkable contribution to the advancement of the university and the country through consolidated and impactful activities. Final considerations: pursuing this highest degree in the Brazilian academic career can be a moment of individual and collective advancement, contributing to the consolidation of areas of knowledge.