Experience report on the democratic management of the Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul in times of pandemic

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54674/ess.v33i2.471
Keywords: High Education; Emergency Remote Teaching; Pandemic; Democratic Management.

Abstract

This paper aims to report the experience of the Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul in the process of implementing a gradual and non-classroom return planning to the University's teaching activities during the pandemic caused by COVID-19. It is characterized as an experience based on empirical research with students, professors and technical staff of the University in order to provide data related to the conditions of access to technological tools, internet and mapping of risk groups. Such data allowed the institution to organize, through a democratic management built with the participation of representatives from all instances of the academic community, a gradual return to remote and non-classroom teaching, for a shorter semester. The results show that the actions taken were positive and allowed the education continuity even amid the limitations imposed by the health crisis.

Author Biographies

Caroline Tavares de Souza Clesar , Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS), Brasil

Licenciada em Física e Matemática pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, mestre e doutoranda em Educação pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Professora assistente na Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul.

Rochele da Silva Santaiana, Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS), Brasil

Licenciada em Pedagogia pela  Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, mestre e doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Professora adjunta e Pró-reitora de ensino na Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul.

Débora Vom Endt, Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS), Brasil

Professora Adjunta e Coordenadora de Assuntos Acadêmicos da Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul. Licenciada em Ciências Biológicas e mestre em Genética e Biologia Molecular pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, doutora em Biologia Molecular Vegetal pela Universidade de Leiden. 

Percila Silveira de Almeida, Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS), Brasil

Professora Assistente e Coordenadora de Qualificação Acadêmica da Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul. Licenciada em Pedagogia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, mestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas e doutoranda em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Professora assistente na Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul.

Published
2021-11-15
How to Cite
Tavares de Souza Clesar , C., da Silva Santaiana, R., Vom Endt, D., & Silveira de Almeida, P. (2021). Experience report on the democratic management of the Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul in times of pandemic. Higher Education and Society Journal (ESS), 33(2), 584-606. https://doi.org/10.54674/ess.v33i2.471
Issue
Vol 33 No 2 (2021): Challenges of higher education in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean
Section
Articles Thematic Dossier

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