Adoção de modelos inovadores no ensino superior na perspectiva da Teoria da Dependência de Recursos : um estudo de caso na Universidade Federal de Sergipe

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Gracilene Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/8049
• topic: Administração; Ensino superior; Inovações na educação superior; Gestão de metodologias ativas; Teoria da dependência de recursos; Innovations in higher education; Active methodologies management; Theory of resource dependence.; CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO

The topic of education is always much debated, which is explained by the fact that there is a consensus that education, especially higher education, need to constantly monitor the changes in society. Traditional methods have long been the subject of deep criticism, given that in them the student assumes the role of mere spectator and assimilating the knowledge imparted. From these criticisms and movements such as the New School, the Active methodologies were created and bring an innovative approach to education. Its main premise is to teach students to "learn to learn" and bring it to the center of the teaching-learning process. In this perspective, the student shall be responsible for their learning, should be given autonomy and is encouraged by the teacher, whose role is now mediator of knowledge, to develop critical thinking, and have the opportunity to gain skills through methods involving theory and practice in an integrated manner, and deal with the challenge to experience real-life problems with which you have contact after their training. However, the adoption of active methods implies major changes in the management of universities, especially the management point of view of resources inherent in the viability of such methodologies. Faced with this problem, this research is characterized as a case study whose claim was to identify the practices and challenges in the management of a university campus that fully adopts the active methodologies. To explore this issue in object analysis organization, Campus Lizard Federal University of Sergipe-UFS was used the Theory of Resource Dependence and analytical framework. In the case of qualitative and quantitative research, interviews questionnaires were applied to campus students and conducted in depth with managers and former managers of that campus. In addition, data collection techniques based on were used Participant Observation unsystematic, Document Search, evaluation and interpretation of results, the Narratives analysis technique was used, with a view to seeking a contextualized understanding of the problematic proposal the survey. Among the main results obtained, there was the demand of need in relation to infrastructure and financial resources, as well as training of teachers and servers in dealing with active methodologies. Moreover, it was observed that managers seek new ways to acquire resources in view of the scarcity of such linked to dependence on resources from the Federal Government and the internalization of bureaucratic issues that curtails the Brazilian public administration.