Princípio da indissociabilidade entre ensino, pesquisa e extensão (PIEPE) no IFG

Abstract

This paper discusses the principle of inseparability between teaching, research and extension (PIEPE) in universities, which, expressed in the Federal Constitution of Brazil, also reaches the Federal Institutes, members of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education (RFEPCT). In this context, this research aims to verify the level of alignment of the Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG) with this principle, investigating whether the constitutional provision has been observed, as well as if there is an imbalance in the EPE tripod (teaching, research and extension). To this end, the institution's documents were examined using the Content Analysis methodology based on Bardin (1977), under a qualitative and quantitative approach, guided by indicators. Due to the nature and purposes of the Federal Institutes, it is not possible to draw simple parallels between their primary functions (EPE) and those of universities. Thus, a research addresses the process of constituting the PIEPE in Brazil and its inheritances in the RFEPCT, contextualizing the IFG to that principle and to the models of higher education (Napoleonic, Humboldtian and North American). In this outline, the research also considers the tensions in the constitution of the identity of the Federal Institutes andthe complexity of the purposes and characteristics of the institutions that make up the RFEPCT, which, according to Law nº 11.892/2008, must develop EPE activities at all levels and modalities EPT (Professional and Technological Education). The theoretical assumptions that support this study are supported by a systemic conception of Teaching, Research and Extension (EPE), breaking with a fragmented view of the subject. Thus, the theoretical contributions of Puhl (2016), Tauchen (2009), Gonçalves (2015) and others stand out. From the analysis of the indicators of frequency, presence and co occurrence, it was found that there is less focus on extension activities compared to the others on the tripod, revealing a mismatch in this direction. Another finding concerns the high level of omission of the theme Inseparable in the documentary content. The results also reveal non-conformities regarding the arrangement and organization of documents. In view of this, an Educational Product (PE) was developed to map these nonconformities, indicating measures to overcome them, with the purpose of helping the IFG to raise the level of alignment of its regulatory framework with the constitutional principle of inseparability between teaching, research and extension. In the form of a Manual, the EP entitled ―EPE Information Transparency: Reducing Unconformities in the Communication of Institutional Documents‖ reaffirms the importance of improving the planning of teaching, research and extension activities in an integrated manner, from a systemic perspective, also involving management processes, such as the adaptation of the institutional website. The results show, therefore, the existence of misalignments both in the content of the selected documents and in the way they are made available to society. Therefore, it appears that the level of alignment of the institution with the PIEPE is still quite incipient, requiring several improvement initiatives. If, on the one hand, weaknesses were identified, on the other, possibilities arise, which can give rise to advances, in order to strengthen compliance with PIEPE within the scope of the IFG, and, consequently, in other institutions of the same nature