OS REFERENCIAIS DE QUALIDADE NA EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR A DISTÂNCIA NAS UNIVERSIDADES FEDERAIS MINEIRAS À LUZ DA LEGITIMIDADE INSTITUCIONAL

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Thaís Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Reis, Maria Cecília Teixeira, Lima, Afonso Augusto Teixeira de Freitas de Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Paidéi@
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unimesvirtual.com.br/index.php/paideia/article/view/362
• topic: Educação a Distancia; Educação a Distância; Teoria Institucional; Avaliação da Educação a Distância.

After verifying the great growth in distance education ( DE ) in Brazil , and for believing that the use of the quality variables present in the document " Quality Benchmarks for distance education " ( QBDE ) when institutionalized , can provide the service to large demand for college education with quality and proficiency. Based on this concepts, the aim of this study was to identify how the Federal Universities of Minas Gerais are structuring to legitimize their courses in distance education mode through QRs. Theoretical framework addressed the institutional legitimacy process in which individuals communicate what is defined as real and socially constructed. The evolution and context of distance education in Brazil were treated as the legislation that enforces it , showing that the QRs are a guiding document to support legal acts of the government with regard to the specific processes of regulation , supervision and evaluation. Regarding the methodology this study was descriptive and searched on campus. Semi -structured interviews with strategic agents were held and it’s content was treated based on the technique of content analysis. It was found that the QRs provide quality in distance. The institutions surveyed are in adequacy of the standards set process, which has been demanding restructuring of rooted practices. Positive point of this process is the increased credibility, which facilitates consolidation and institutionalization. Results also emerged from the identification of specific and necessary actions of politics, the difficulties identified in the Federal Universities of Minas Gerais, which legitimate agents to increase the recognition of the modality of distance college education.