Abstract

MARTINS, Ronei Ximenes; CRUZ, Sayonara Ribeiro Marcelino  and  SAHB, Warlley Ferreira. Relationship between the quality of the work of the multidisciplinary team and the theoretical expertise about distance education. Educação. UNISINOS [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.2, pp.164-173. ISSN 2177-6210.  https://doi.org/10.4013/edu.2017.212.05.

Since the multidisciplinary team influences on the quality of the distance education disciplines, this article presents a diagnosis on these professionals’ theoretical comprehension of Distance Education (DE) and its relationship with their daily job. Twenty-seven (27) employees from the Distance Education Centre of a Public University took part of this qualitative research. A questionnaire of seven (7) text free items related to the daily job of the participants was applied. After the questionnaire, it was conducted an interview, as well as a seminar, in order to discuss the results. Results showed that the minority of the participants (37%) fully and critically comprehends the theoretical specificities of DE and its relationship with their daily job. It was verified that this had negative effects on the quality of the discipline. The research showed it is necessary to check the deep theoretical knowledge on DE on the hiring process and on the continuous academic education of these professionals.

Keywords : Educational Management; Formative Evaluation; Multidisciplinary Team; Distance Education (DE); Distance Learning (DL).

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