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STUDENT : NÍSIA LUIZA DE ANDRADE OLIVEIRA
DATE: 28/01/2022
TIME: 09:30
LOCAL: Sala virtual google meet
TITLE:

Mercantilization of higher education and free extension courses in Social Work: challenges for the profession

KEY WORDS:

Professional Qualification, Social Work, Merchantability of Higher Education; Free extension courses.

PAGES: 105
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Serviço Social
SUBÁREA: Fundamentos do Serviço Social
SUMMARY:

The object of the present research is to discuss the commodification of higher education, its relationship with distance learning (DL), and the formation of an irregular market for undergraduate courses.  The work is methodologically based on the historical and dialectical materialism method. Its general objective is to analyze the expansion and irregular supply of extension and/or free courses and their implications for undergraduate courses in Social Work in the Northeast region. As specific objectives, the process of mercantilization of Higher Education in Brazil and its particularity in the vocational training in Social Work; characterization and analysis of the extension and/or free courses offered in Social Work in the Northeastern region; apprehension and evaluation of the position of the CFESS-CRESS group and the actions and strategies developed in face of the illegal offer of extension and/or free courses. This is a documental research based on the orientation of the Conselho Federal de Serviço Social (CFESS) "Extension and/or free courses illegally offered as undergraduate courses in Social Service"; as well as on reports about irregular courses, legal proceedings and opinion of the Ministério da Educação (MEC). Initially, the work carried out a bibliographical survey about the structural crisis from 1970 on, the productive restructuring, flexible accumulation and its implications for social policies. Next, it discussed education in the capitalist society and the placement of this right as merchandise, as well as a mechanism to train the work force for the system itself. Regarding the Brazilian reality, it covered the expansion of higher education from the governments of Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) to Jair Messias Bolsonaro (2019-), especially focused on the private sector and the expansion of vacancies through distance learning.  It also delved into the analysis of the repercussions of this market perspective for Social Work, vocational training, and the precariousness of teaching. From the study it was possible to conclude that there is a maneuver to offer extension and/or free courses in an illegal way that reaches other areas of knowledge, such as Pedagogy. It was identified that the majority presence of irregular courses of Social Service in the Northeastern region.It was understood that the formation of an educational market aimed at falsifying graduation and the ease of its execution through distance learning.  Finally, the relevant articulation and development of campaigns by the CFESS-CRESS group to raise awareness about the offer of extension and/or free courses in Social Work with the objective of orienting professionals, students, and society about their existence and the imposition of one more challenge for the profession through the mercantilization of teaching that favors the precariousness of training.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1451156 - CARLA MONTEFUSCO DE OLIVEIRA
Interna - 1714329 - ANDREA LIMA DA SILVA
Externa ao Programa - 1694568 - DANIELA NEVES DE SOUSA
Externo à Instituição - LUCILENE FERREIRA DE MELO - UFAM