Profissão docente: um estudo de caso das mudanças empreendidas nos últimos dez anos na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora-MG

Abstract

This study seeks to analyze the changes arising from the implementation of REUNI in recent years within the federal public higher education system, specifically on the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Exact Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora. The most significant changes at the macro level, relate to principal public policies on university expansion implemented since the mid-2000s: hiring teachers, the infrastructure reforms; affirmative policies, increase in enrollment. These public policies, in addition to modify the structure of various courses, were responsible for the increase in hiring professors, which in turn led to a substantial modification of the profile of this professional as well as a change in the university's power relations. Therefore, methodologically, we chose to observe what the main professional and academic characteristics of these teachers, their interactions with the work environment, and how these are affected by curricular and productivity changes, in addition, we analyze their expectations and stimuli they received in the institutional context We have analyzed the practices of these professionals regarding the threefold function of higher education: research, teaching and extension as well as his performance in bureaucraticadministrative activities of the institution. Thus were verified their curriculum lattes , Questionnaires were applied and also conducted semi-structured interviews with teachers. We believe that the analysis of these elements is essential to understand the limits and range of public policies adopted within the public higher education system in the country. This analysis made it possible to map the successes and setbacks of REUNI in the Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora during its implementation.