Formação tecnológica em gestão desportiva e de lazer nos institutos federais de educação profissional, científica e tecnológica

Abstract

This research is part of the field of Professional Education (PE) studies, focusing on the production of knowledge about professional training in Sport and Leisure. The study aimed to evaluate and compare the professional training policies of the Higher Technology Courses in the area of Sports and Leisure Management at the Federal Institutes of Brazil, adopting the triangulation of procedures as a methodological path. The qualitative investigation, of the descriptive type, articulates the methodology of the Evaluation of Public Policies as Scientific Research, the Documental Analysis and the method of Comparative Education as a procedural combination for its development. In its unfolding, having the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará (IFCE) of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) and Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS) as the locus of analysis, the investigation also sought to understand the contexts that influenced the pedagogical choices of the course in each proposed reality. The results show that in the scenario of the Institutes, little was observed regarding the existing divergences between the objectives of the course. The main differences lie in the decisions taken by the structuring centers of each course, based on current educational legislation, such as decision-making on the structure of curricular components, the mandatory or flexible nature of extracurricular components and the formatting of the workload for each activity. . The study also revealed that the flexibility observed in the design of curricular choices allows the opening of gaps regarding the relationship of courses with society. That is, in view of the nonmandatory curricular internship (IFCE, IFRN) of the course completion work (IFCE) and complementary activities (IFRS), it is not clear, in the pedagogical projects, how the relationships that could be built by along these premises, are articulated to draw bridges between those who graduate and the sectors that will be able to receive professionals. In the three institutes, the concern with training professionals who transcend instrumental work was evident, recognizing a performance that values autonomy and reflection on professional work from a social, economic, political and cultural point of view. However, it is possible to state that the development of this training is not yet consolidated. As has been seen, there are several obstacles that face the transfer of this training proposal to the world of work. Among them, the following stand out: the nature of the formation of technologists, which makes social articulation difficult; the lack of a solid professional identity and the need for guidelines that link Sports and Leisure Management professionals to the mechanisms typical of trends in the field, distancing themselves from the identity of other professions and assuming their own personality.