CURRICULARIZAÇÃO DA EXTENSÃO NO CURSO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS DA UFPB

Abstract

The topic addressed reports the curricularization of extension in the social sciences course at UFPB. University extension is understood as the activity that, integrated into the curricular matrix and the research organization, constitutes an interdisciplinary, interprofessional, political, educational, artistic, cultural, scientific and/or technological process, promoting a transforming interaction between the university and other sectors of society, through the production, dissemination and application of knowledge, in permanent articulation with teaching and research. In this monograph, I intend to address the pedagogical and sociological conceptions that underlie the mandatory accreditation of extension in the curricula of higher education courses. Specifically, trying to match the more general reflections with the immediate reality, I intend to identify the difficulties and consequences of the curricularization of extension in the Social Sciences Course at UFPB. The present study was carried out with training on the subject, with a bibliographical research, having as research source books, articles and pertinent legislation. In addition, we applied questionnaires such as the NDE members of the UFPB Social Sciences Course. I realized that, as it is an activity that still does not receive the attention it deserves, as this is a result of Brazilian university culture, extension is somewhat relegated in relation to research and teaching. These projects and events could receive the same recognition and prestige given to scientific research. Therefore, the extension curriculum is advancing slowly and with difficulties due to the fact that there is neither knowledge nor dissemination nor the practice of extension within the UFPB, which led to some obstaclesregarding its curriculum in the UFPB Social Sciences Course