Concepções de qualidade na educação superior: interseção entre os instrumentos de avaliação do MERCOSUL e do Brasil

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the implicit quality concepts to the current evaluation systems in progress, present in the evaluation instruments adopted by Mercosur and Brazil, built at the intersection between the supra-national and local policies. So we had as research object the accreditation system adopted by the Educational Sector of Mercosur, identified as ARCU-SUL, and the National Assessment System of Higher Education - SINAES - adopted by INEP in the Brazilian context. This issue gains importance for education from the process of globalization, when there are structural changes in the form of global interaction, and is justified by the relevance and contributions in the field of higher education policies, especially considering the ongoing internationalization process . The guiding research problem was summarized in the following question: What are the concepts of implicit quality evaluation systems adopted by the Educational Sector of Mercosur, identified as ARCU-SUS and SINAES, evaluation system adopted by Brazil? To answer the problem raised and achieve the proposed objectives the survey was divided into two stages. The first was developed a literature review and the second document analysis. The analysis took place in the selfevaluation guides the careers evaluated by ARCU-SUL System and Course Assessment Tool SINAES. As the research results showed that ARCU-SUL has a mercantilist quality design and technical / formal. Even if the Educational Sector of Mercosur present education as a human and social rights, their actions and goals are set for the benefit of economic development at the expense of human, cultural and social emancipation. In the case of SINAES, the design of verified quality was also the technical / formal. Although the document go through the collection of regulatory / legal criteria as regards to accessibility, career plans, sustainability education for etnicorracial diversity, education for human rights, Pounds discipline and protection of the individual rights with autistic spectrum . In general, it can be observed that there are common points that make the intersection between design quality of Mercosur and Brazil, since both instruments have the technical and formal logic quality.