A análise do Projeto Pedagógico do Curso Superior de Tecnologia em Gestão Comercial: contribuições e desafios para a formação profissional

Abstract

The spreading of the technology college courses in the country, notably in the past few years, has required a closer look on this category of teaching in the field of professional education, mainly regarding the pedagogical project of the courses. That is because its formation depends on the understanding of each teaching institution on what is implied by the legislation, by the General Curriculum Guidelines and legal regulations for the organization and performance of the Technology College Courses (TCC). Therefore, this research aims at analyzing the adequacy of the pedagogical project of a technology college course in commercial management, supported on the public policies for the professional training and the contributions arising from this formation in college level. As specific objectives, understand the concepts of professional education, technical and technological, the differentiations presented among the courses of such modality, besides specifically analyzing the pedagogical project, the curriculum, teaching plans and other documents of the TCC in Commercial Management from the Universidade do Oeste Paulista, to verify and understand its adequacy to what is established as public policies for this formation. The study approach and investigation is based on the qualitative research, having the bibliographical and documental research as method. It was analyzed the documents produced by the technology college course, such as the pedagogical project, the teaching plans, the curriculum structure, and the official documents such as the curriculum guidelines of the technology college courses, legislations, regulations and the ordinance of the Department of Professional and Technological Education (SETEC). The data analysis was realized in a way that allowed, initially, to acquire general information to get acquainted with the material; later, the identification of units of content from the documents that made possible to identify main topics which favored the data categorization, from the comparison with the adopted theoretical reference; finally, proceeding the analysis and interpretation of the acquired data. The study shows that, in general, the pedagogical project aligns with the legal requirements; however, it presents certain deficiencies from the practical point of view, in the application of what is intended as technology college course confronting the real training that is offered.