Cursos de bacharelado em direito: uma análise do processo de internacionalização

Abstract

This dissertation is inserted, in a general way, in the studies on Higher Education and in a more specific way, it seeks to bring to the discussion the topic of the internationalization of Higher Education, with special emphasis on the Bachelor's Courses in Law of the Southwest Region of Paraná. Thus, the main objective of the research is to identify and analyze, in the Bachelor of Law courses offered by the Universities of the Southwest Region of Paraná, how the internationalization of Higher Education has been manifested. The study locus is composed of seven Universities, of which four are of a private for-profit nature, one of a nonprofit private nature, a federal public and a state public, and the Law Courses have been installed in years 2000. Geographically, the region is located in the border area, close to the currencies with Argentina and Paraguay and has in the agricultural sector its main productive structure. It uses the content analysis method (BARDIN, 2016) to analyze institutional documents (PPC and PPI) and semi-structured interviews, seeking to identify the internationalization concepts present in the Courses, as well as internationalization strategies. The main concepts and conceptions that supported the analyzes were globalization (SANTOS, 2001 and SOUSA SANTOS, 2001), university and historical perspective of the Bachelor's Degree in Law (CHARLE E VERGER, 1996 and VENANCIO FILHO, 2004) as internationalization of Higher Education (MOROSINI, 2006, KNIGHT, 2012 and SANTOS E ALMEIDA FILHO, 2012). From a critical perspective of an emerging theme, it’s seek to understand globalization from the neoliberal ideology and analyze its influence in the contemporary university. The history of the university and Brazilian educational policies are addressed throughout the work and allow the understanding of rationality and hegemonic models of internationalization. It is recognized that the internationalization of Higher Education is a reality, however, there are reflections on the need for a more human and democratic internationalization, in a counter-hegemonic perspective. The main results obtained were in the sense that internationalization already occurs in the institutions of the region, in line with consolidated models in the country, although in a timid way, especially because they are young and interior universities. The analyzes carried out in this dissertation allow to point out that it is necessary to discuss and move forward with other internationalization models for Law Bachelor Programs that overcome the purely bureaucratic questions of training and curricula. The model of hegemonic (neoliberal) globalization compromises the possibilities of human and social growth, including in relation to Higher Education itself, and it is necessary that Law Courses re-approximate their original mission of promoting culture and universal humanism, and actions of internacionalization can be a strong partner in this process.