Cursos superiores de tecnologia : um estudo de sua demanda sob a ótica dos estudantes

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Brazilian technological education has experienced a recent period of significant expansion in its offer with higher education programs, called, in Brazil, of Higher Programs of Technology. These programs located in the intersection of the fields of Higher Education and Vocational-Technical Education aimed to meet the technological reality of the work with their specialized curricula worked in a very practical way and with a shortest duration, if compared with traditional degrees, have become attractive to students. The main purpose of this research is study Higher Programs of Technology, more specifically the reasons for students to choose these courses, based on its special features, among others: the expertise of its curriculum and its short duration, besides students expectations for future entering in the labor market after graduation. Quantitative method was used by the application of a form in a stratified sample of students. The main results of this research indicate the three strongest reasons for choosing a Higher Program of Technology, in that order: prospect of integration into the workplace after graduation, recognition of the diploma social value and enhancement of its special features. Empirically, this research provides important evidence that remove the emphasis of the argument based on cost and duration of these courses and reinforces aspects advocated too by several authors who attribute the expansion of competitive strategies in the workplace as very relevant in understanding the choice for a Higher Program of Technology, especially due its technological nature and vocation applied.

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cursos superiores de tecnologia reasons for career choice educacao ensino superior higher education growth of higher education razões da escolha profissional cursos de curta duração short-term courses expansão do ensino superior higher programs of technology

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