DESEMPENHO DE EGRESSOS DA MODALIDADE A DISTÂNCIA EM CONCURSO PÚBLICO: UM ESTUDO DE CASO SOBRE PARANAGUÁ/PR

Abstract

The main objective of this work was to promote the discussion about the performance of graduates of distance learning courses in a public competition for teachers, which, according to LDBEN, is the way of entering the career of the public teaching profession in Brazil. The article was elaborated in order to answer the fol-lowing main questions: To what extent has the EAD mode influenced the offer and enrollment numbers in higher education? Have graduates of courses of this modality been awarded approval in public examinations of tests and degrees? If yes, in what measures? Therefore, in addition to the theoretical references and official docu-ments related to the theme, the performance of 30 approved in each of the last two competitions held in the city of Paranaguá, the oldest municipality in the state of Pa-raná, was studied. of primary education, one homologated in 2010 and the other homologated in 2018. The result indicated that there was a significant increase in the number of graduates from the EAD mode among those approved, which reaf-firms the importance of the modality for democratization and the educational quality of this training configuration.