SUSTENTABILIDADE DAS POLÍTICAS E ESTRATÉGIAS PARA A EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR NO BRASIL: UMA ANÁLISE SOB A ÓTICA DA TEORIA DOS SISTEMAS AUTOPOIÉTICOS

• Published in: Revista Gestão universitária na América Latina Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 153 - 176
• Main Authors: Angela Cristina Correa, Lucas Veiga Ávila, Vitor Francisco Schuch Júnior, Lucia Rejane Da Rosa Gama Madruga, Celina Franco Hoffmann, Rolf Hermann Erdmann
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 01-01-2015
• Subjects: autopoietic systems; brazilian education; policies strategies
• ISSN: 1983-4535

This study aims to analyze the sustainability approach in the history of higher education in Brazil under the foundations of the theory of autopoietic systems. This is an exploratory qualitative, aimed at identifying the key phenomena that determine the trajectory and historical evolution of policies and strategies for higher education. With regard to the evolution of higher education, it can be verifie d that occurred so late, through the Universities for a broad regulatory process and several key events. The perspective of sustainability, especially Education for Sustainability, is in the process of evolution. As more significant results , evidence show s that Brazil has been a strong ally of the United Nations - UN , in seeking to strengthen strategies and actions for sustainability; important actor for the creation of certification standards such as ISO; insertion new policy evaluation and control in ed ucation by the Ministry of education - MEC (in the Portuguese acronym) and their counsel; creation of planning for educational institutions, called the Institutional Development Plan - IDP ; inclusion of environmental education in the curriculum guidelines of college - level courses between others, new processes and policies for the education qualification, new management models, especially for the operationalization of PDI in Higher Education Institutions ( HEI).