Extensionist Action in Catholic and Communitarian Universities and its evaluation / Ação extensionista em Universidades Católicas e Comunitárias e sua avaliação

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2009

RESUMO

The objective of the present work is to understand and analyze how the Catholic and Communitarian University expresses and characterize its identity in the extensionist actions that develop and its concern to obtain the data from this work through specific evaluation. To achieve this proposition, five interviews were realized with Extension or Communitarian Action directors, from Catholic and Communitarian Universities located in the Province and in the Coastal region of São Paulo with tradition in extensionist actions. The investigation of this subject leads us to understand that the evaluation of the social commitment of the Extensionist Action represent an advance when provides the increase of value and the institutionalization of the Extension process through the research and education. The results obtained showed that in majority, the extensionist action assessment is performed in an informal manner and not conceived as a pedagogical instrument that should evaluate the concrete outcomes and effects of these actions that extend to the society. Although, its noticed an Extension action becoming an academic practice connected to the research and education, meant of specific aspects of identity while Catholic and Communitarian.

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educacao extensão universitária extension university universidades católica e comunitária avaliação da ação extensionista evaluation of extension action catholic and communitarian university,

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