Autoavaliação das casas de cultura estrangeira: contribuição à avaliação institucional da UFC

Abstract

This dissertation includes a study on the evaluation of university extension at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) having as object of investigation the Casas de Cultura Estrangeira (CCE) project. We propose to discuss the role of extension as a social function of Higher Education, facing public policies for the society and its academic relevance, which is the articulation of extension with teaching, research and social relevance, which is the relationship between extension and society. The study aimed to describe the self-assessment of students, teachers and workers as internal agents of the CCE project, taking Institutional Assessment as a preferential theoretical support. Thus, it was taken as a reference of the Self-Assessment schedule, proposed by the Higher Education National System of Assessment (SINAES), particularly the political dimensions to the extension and social responsibility. There was a field research, with voluntary participation, using questionnaires for students, professors and staff as well as bibliographical research and participant observation. With a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches, data analysis helped identify the profile of internal servants and measure their views on the academic, administrative and social inclusion of the CCE project. The method used was the descriptive research that enabled a critical analysis on which we have tried to assess the views of domestic servants. The results showed that despite the satisfactory assessment, there is need for reflection to implement actions aimed at improving the CCE project. The approach used was the descriptive research which enabled the critical analysis of the data about which it was tried to value the internal agents’ opinion. The results obtained showed that in spite of a satisfactory evaluation, there is the need of reflection meaning to implement actions which aim at improving the CCE project. Therefore, the most important is that the results of the evaluation may contribute with the Institutional Evaluation process of UFC, meaning to guide the promotion of public policies and the university extension practice committed to quality, both in the academic and social point of view.