Abstract

TAKAHASHI, Adriana Roseli Wünsch  and  AMORIM, Wilson Aparecido Costa de. Reformulação e expansão dos cursos superiores de tecnologia no Brasil: as dificuldades da retomada da educação profissional. Ensaio: aval. pol. públ. educ. [online]. 2008, vol.16, n.59, pp.207-228. ISSN 0104-4036.

The discussions about the retaken of the professional education in Brazil as the responsible for encouraging the labor market insertion and also the social inclusions have other important subjects like the development of the Economy Based on Knowledge- EBK and the National Innovation System diffusion. In this point of view, the educational sector is considered an essential base, composed by the Universities and their ability to create and transfer knowledge for the whole society. The duty of the higher technological education, which is one sector of the higher education, is to provide quick and high level quality labor to fill the blanks left by the appearance and dissemination of new technologies. This paper presents the State's organizer role and public politics which have been implemented to reformulate and to expand the professional educational system, especially the Technological Colleges. And it also intends to offer references to organize a scheduled research to improve public politics in this area and its impact evaluation forms.

Keywords : Innovation; Economy Based on Knowledge; Professional Education; Higher Technological Courses; Public Politics.

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