O curso de Licenciatura em Letras - Português e Inglês da UFOPA na avaliação do Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior (SINAES): perspectivas e desafios

Abstract

The National System for the Evaluation of Higher Education (Sinaes) was created to ensure the national evaluation process of Higher Education Institutions (IES), undergraduate courses, and students’ academic performance. Those results serve as a basis for regulation and supervision processes involved in the Higher Education permit issuance (IES’ accreditation and permit renewal; undergraduate courses’ authorization, recognition, and renewal). This study aims at analyzing this process of the external evaluation carried out at UFOPA in which the Licenciatura em Letras - Português e Inglês Course received its first Sinaes’ evaluation. The on-site evaluation reports showing the challenges and perspectives for the next cycle course evaluation were taken into account. A case study involving the Licenciatura em Letras - Português e Inglês Course was developed and document analysis and a literature review were carried out. The theoretical contribution is based, among others, on Barreto (2016), Oliveira (2017), Law nº 10.861, April 14, 2004, and other relevant legislation. The results reveal that the Sinaes’ evaluation instruments allow courses to have a macro view of the offer and reflection on other paths to be followed.