O PROCESSO DE FORMAÇÃO DO ASSISTENTE SOCIAL NA MODALIDADE DE EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA EM PALMAS-TO.

Abstract

This dissertation deals with the process of formation of the Social Worker through the modality of distance education in the city of Palmas-TO, whose purpose is to identify the growth of distance education in Brazil and Tocantins, as well as teaching methodology developed, investigating the limits of its suitability for Curriculum Guidelines. The privatization of social policies in the bourgeois state is a typical factor of reality that is facing the Brazilian higher education, especially when adhered to the dictates of mercantilism, leaving the free market initiative to provide this teaching methodology. This is noticed mainly in the course of social service, which throughout his history has established himself in a training geared to meet the needs of the working class, contributing to their emancipation. The problem of quality of education offered by distance education courses is perceived with emphasis on the growing number of distance education institutions, which mostly are connected to isolated schools, where there is no linkage between education, research and extension. This indicates a lack of commitment from certain institutions to meet the requirements of the Curriculum Guidelines for Social Work courses. By its legal nature, the purpose of distance learning education is a commodity to sell, without the commitment to quality of service, which contributes to the expansion of the reserve army of professional service to the market.