Educação continuada de gestores acadêmicos : possibilidades de inovação a partir de um programa de formação continuada

Abstract

This research study had as main objective, to examine possible changes in the innovation processes, in the reflection and in the organizational practices next to the administrative department of a Higher Education Institution (HEI), from a capacity program in the proposal of Continuing Education. The study proposed to perform a qualitative research, based on the data acquired through two group moments, using the assumptions of Group Interview. Were invited to participate of these meetings, employees who had finished one of the courses offered by HEI. The corpus of the research constitutes from the transcriptions of the verbalizations performed by six employees in both moments. Thecorpus handling was performed according to Moraes and Galiazzi (2007) by the textual discursive analysis, which is guided for three cycles: deconstruction and unitization, categorization, and lastly, production of the metatext (descriptive and interpretative text). From the analysis, it was possible to identify some evidence of innovation movement, however, so it is possible to visualize it in a short time, some changes are needed in the course organization and in the way the continuing formation proposal relates to the employees. Some reflections constructed in the study, points to improvement suggestions raised from the placements as indication of the respondents and also from the reflections of the author of this research.