EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA: AVALIAÇÃO DO CURSO DE ESPECIALIZAÇÃO EM EDUCAÇÃO DO CAMPO PARA PROFESSORES DA ZONA RURAL DE IMPERATRIZ MA (2011-2013)

Abstract

ALBUQUERQUE, Sílvia Sousa Silva. Educação a distância: avaliação do curso de Especialização em Educação do Campo na perspectiva de cursistas da zona rural de Imperatriz- MA ( 2011-2013). 2017. 53 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Desenvolvimento Regional) – Centro UniversitárioAlves Faria, Goiânia, 2016. Distance education (EaD), every day, strengthens its development, as evidenced by the demand for this type of education, which has become a great training for education professionals and other areas. This research aims to present the results of the evaluation carried out by the students of the Specialization Course in Field Education, taught in the distance modality by the Polo of the Open University of Brazil of Imperatriz, having as target audience teachers from the rural area of Imperatriz and from Surrounding cities. The study adopts, as methodology, the Case Study, being, therefore, a predominantly qualitative research that uses resources, such as observation, literature review, questionnaires and interviews. The literature review highlights the importance of distance education in the current context and the training policy proposed by the UAB. Field research focuses on the evaluation of a teacher training course, seeking to identify its contribution to the continuing education of teachers in the rural area of the region, as well as its limitations. All teachers who enrolled in the course, those who finished and those who dropped out before the end of the course analyzed, are the subjects of the research. As a result, the research offers subsidies for decision making in relation to the process of continuous training of teachers, who work in locations remote from urban centers. Key words: Distance education. Teacher training. Continuing education. Training of teachers of the field.