Federal institutes in the Universidade Aberta do Brasil: a brief portrait

• Autor(a) principal: Cavalcante, Ilane Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Henrique, Ana Lúcia Sarmento
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Teoria e Prática da Educação (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/TeorPratEduc/article/view/23768
• topic: Universidade Aberta do Brasil; Professional Education; On line education; E-tec Net; Universidade Aberta do Brasil; Educação Profissional; Educação a distância; Rede E-tec

On line education has been growing significantly in Brazil since the creation of Universidade Aberta doBrasil (UAB). Most of the institutions who offer graduation and post-graduation have been increasing theirparticipation on this program throughout new offers, new courses, new teaching centers and much morestudents. On this scenery, the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology (IF) participation,however, is still small. Only 17 out of the 103 institutions that participate of UAB are Federal Institutes. Thisarticle tries to draw a brief portrait of the insertion of the Federal Institutes in the UAB, pointing out theirdifferent offers and different levels of courses. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to analyze officialdocuments, as laws and decrees as well as use the SisUAB (http://sisuab.capes.gov.br/sisuab) as a source ofinformation. SisUAB is an on line platform that gives data support to managers of UAB all over Brazil aswell as helps its control by the agency of government responsible for this program, the Coordenação deAperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). To conclude this study, it is also necessary to builda brief history of IF, such an old and new institution, discussing its social functions and identity as well asother on line education offers that are more common to the Federal Institutes than UAB. All these data willprovide the construction of the participation of Federal Institutes in the UAB system.