A avaliação institucional na Universidade Estadual de Goiás: uma pesquisa qualitativa

Abstract

Research located in the field of higher education in developing the Program of Research and Graduate Education at PUC Goiás, in State Line of Research, Policy and Educational Institutions. Referring to the establishment of the National Higher Education Evaluation (SINAES) in 2004, we assessed the meanings unveiled by analysis of the self-assessment reports in the Institutional Development Plan (IDP) and the Institutional Educational Project (IPP). Therefore, we make an investigation of a qualitative nature, the case study, aiming specifically examine the following aspects: Studying the designs and implementation processes of the Institutional Self- Evaluation at the University of Goiás; Identify the advances and difficulties; analyze processes and the meanings attributed to self-assessment and compare the results of the analysis of the self-assessment reports with the propositions of the Institutional Development Plan (IDP) and the Institutional Educational Project (IPP). This universe is not likely to be captured and verified only with quantifiable data is the field study. Through research, we intend to penetrate the intentions and motives, from which actions and relationships acquire meaning. The use of a qualitative approach in this research on institutional evaluation is essential since it demands a fundamentally interpretive study of reality observed and described in the plans and projects of the institution.