Abstract

KASSICK, Clovis Nicanor; BENTO, José Severino  and  DUTRA, Paulo Ricardo Santos. Institutional management of distance education vocational-technical courses (high school level) offered by the "e-Tec Brasil" network: first insights. Rev. Inter Ação [online]. 2014, vol.39, n.3, pp.611-631. ISSN 0101-7136.  https://doi.org/10.5216/ia.v39i3.28738.

In the last decade Brazil has invested heavily in Distance Education (DE). In 2007 the Escola Técnica Aberta do Brasil (Brazilian Open Technical School) was established, offering Vocational-Technical Courses (High School level) in the DE modality. This research of an exploratory nature, based on documental analysis and on the answers to a web quest sent to almost four hundred managers of such courses set out to discover how these courses are being implemented and managed nowadays. This study presents initial results which point to the main difficulties faced by management: lack of human resources (60.8%), pedagogical support (43.4%), physical infrastructure (34.7%), financial resources (30.4%) as well as difficulties arising out of the geographical spread of formation centers (21.7%). (The questionnaire allowed for multiple answers). It also points out certain measures necessary for the consolidation and improvement of the quality of Vocational-Technical Courses (High School level) in the DE modality.

Keywords : Reference Curriculum; Vocational Education; Distance Education.

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