(864.pdf) DISTANCE GRADUATION DEGREE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA, BRAZIL: REALITY, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

摘要

The distance education is a major innovation in education that brought the democratization ofeducation worldwide. In Brazil, we have several distance courses, including graduate courses atfederal universities (public). The Distance Graduation Degree (Higher Education) in BiologicalSciences by "Open University of Brazil (UAB) -University of Brasilia (UNB)", proposes the training ofteachers in the Biological Sciences area, able to develop and discuss the content of the disciplines ofelementary and high school, in an interdisciplinary way, exploring basic aspects related to theunderstanding and analysis of problem situations, both proposed by the teacher, such as thoseexperienced by the local community, or global. Teacher training in Biological Sciences in general is farbehind the Brazilian educational needs. The new dynamics of Distance Education, provided byadvances in scientific and technological development, leaves no doubt as to their use more frequent,which is contributing to the necessary process of democratization of education. Here I will present thecourse and present our main challenging aspects for teachers, students and tutors. But above all,show that it is worthwhile to innovate in education and especially democratize it, without losing thequality of education