Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB): (re) modelando o território da formação de professores
Resumo
Problematizam-se as relações entre a política da Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB) e o governo da conduta docente através da Educação a Distância. Operando com as noções de discurso e governamentalidade na perspectiva de Michel Foucault, analisam-se as estratégias discursivas de um conjunto de documentos e enunciados oficiais (textos legislativos, pronunciamentos, entrevistas e outras declarações de representantes do governo em eventos ou sites do Ministério da Educação, na Internet), e seus efeitos sobre a formação e os professores. Argumenta-se que a UAB vem estabelecendo uma nova geometria para a formação e o trabalho docente com promessas de modernização da formação; de interiorização do ensino superior; de democratização do acesso; de formação continuada e de inclusão social e digital. Destaca-se, ainda, que a UAB está implicada na fabricação de um sujeito flexível, ativo e autogovernado e na flexibilização da estrutura universitária e das relações de trabalho.
Palavras-chave: formação de professores; Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB);
Open University of Brazil (UAB): (re)shaping teacher education territory
Abstract
Open University of Brazil (UAB): (re)shaping teacher education territory This work problematizes the relationship between the politics of the Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB – Open University of Brazil) and the government of teachers’ conducts, by means of Distance Education. Operating with Michel Foucault’s notions of discourse and governmentality, the discoursive strategies of a number of official statements and documents are examined (legislation, speeches, interviews and other statements made by government officials at events or websites of the Ministry of Education on Internet), as well as their effects on teachers and teacher education. It is argued that UAB has been establishing a new geometry for teacher education and teachers’ work, with its promises of modernizing teacher education; of carrying higher education to small towns in the hinterland; of democratizing the acess to higher education; of offering in-service education and social and digital inclusion. It is emphasized that UAB is implicated in the making of a flexible, active and self-governed subject, as well as in the flexibilization of university structure and labor relations.
Keywords: teacher education; Open University of Brazil (UAB); Distance Education; governmentality.
Palavras-chave: formação de professores; Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB);
Open University of Brazil (UAB): (re)shaping teacher education territory
Abstract
Open University of Brazil (UAB): (re)shaping teacher education territory This work problematizes the relationship between the politics of the Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB – Open University of Brazil) and the government of teachers’ conducts, by means of Distance Education. Operating with Michel Foucault’s notions of discourse and governmentality, the discoursive strategies of a number of official statements and documents are examined (legislation, speeches, interviews and other statements made by government officials at events or websites of the Ministry of Education on Internet), as well as their effects on teachers and teacher education. It is argued that UAB has been establishing a new geometry for teacher education and teachers’ work, with its promises of modernizing teacher education; of carrying higher education to small towns in the hinterland; of democratizing the acess to higher education; of offering in-service education and social and digital inclusion. It is emphasized that UAB is implicated in the making of a flexible, active and self-governed subject, as well as in the flexibilization of university structure and labor relations.
Keywords: teacher education; Open University of Brazil (UAB); Distance Education; governmentality.