The Reuni Program and Challenges for Professional Education in Social Work

Authors

  • Kátia Regina de Souza Lima UFF - Niterói - RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1414-49802013000200012

Abstract

This article analyzes the implementation of the Program for Support to Plans for the Restructuring and Expansion of Federal Universities (Reuni), particularly concerning the expansion of the number of openings for students in the schools of Social Work at federal universities. It identifies Reuni as an expression of the expansion policy underway in Brazil in the first decade of the new century. The text analyzes the political and pedagogical significance of the program, it’s impacts on the intensification of the work of teaching and on professional education in Social Work.

Author Biography

Kátia Regina de Souza Lima, UFF - Niterói - RJ

Possui graduação em Serviço Social pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1986), mestrado em Serviço Social pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1993) e doutorado em Educação pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (2005). Atualmente é professora adjunto da Escola de Serviço Social e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Published

2013-11-14