OPEN UNIVERSITY OF BRAZIL, DOES NECESSITY OVERCOME QUALITY?
| Main Authors: | André Ribeiro da Silva, Elioenai Dornelles Alves, Jônatas de França Barros |
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| Format: | Proceeding |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3600903 |
Daftar Isi:
- In Brazil, there are teachers working with Physical Education and other subjects without having a college degree. In 2005, the Open University of Brazil (Universidade Aberta do Brasil, UAB) was established, with many distance degree courses, in order to supply needs in cities where there are not qualified professionals, colleges or universities in their vicinity. The Physical Education College in the University of Brasília (FEF/UnB) has joined his experience and, in July 2007, it released a selection process for the distance physical education degree course, through the Pro-College Degree (only public system teachers who do not have graduation degree) and UAB (open to the general public). In the end of 2011, the course already had more than 500 frequent students in the North, Northeast, Midwest and Southeast areas of Brazil; and in January 2013, 200 new vacancies were opened for the referred course, beyond 1385 places for 6 other degree courses and 1 specialization course. Most students in the Physical Education course are teachers already, and they comply with a hard working journey, which – consequently – may cause docent evasion and low performance during the course by students. EAD (Distance Education) researchers and workers are continuously trying to reduce these issues, however – and beyond – it is necessary for the workers’ study and qualification, who deal with this category of teaching, to be better prized by public managers, making official the profession and the remuneration for the EAD professionals. Unquestionably, it will promote a good and significant reflection for the quality of basic and superior teaching of Physical Education in Brazil. References Fernandes, M. L. B. Trajetória das Licenciaturas da UnB. EaD em Foco. Editora UnB. Brasília, 2012. Universidade Aberta do Brasil - UAB. Available: . Acess: February 2013. Available www.uab.unb.br