A autoavaliação do SINAES no IFAP: da atuação da CPA ao (não uso) dos resultados pela gestão no período de 2019-2023

Abstract

The theme of this dissertation is self-evaluation in the context of higher education evaluation policy. It focuses on analyzing the use of self-evaluation results in the decision-making process of managers at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amapá (IFAP). The research problem questioned: How did IFAP's self-evaluation occur in the 2019-2023 evaluation cycle, and how were its results presented in the managers' decision-making process? The hypothesis guiding the study was that IFAP's self-evaluation is aligned with the indicators and regulations of the National System for the Evaluation of Higher Education/SINAES, but the results presented in the reports do not constitute a parameter for managers' decision-making, highlighting the purely bureaucratic nature of this instrument. The general objective was to understand how IFAP's self-evaluation occurs and how the results were presented in the managers' decision-making process during the 2019-2023 evaluation cycle. The following specific objectives were defined: to discuss Brazilian Higher Education and the interferences of Neoliberalism in managerial evaluation policy; to analyze the self-evaluation process of IFAP, based on documentation referring to the 2019-2023 cycle; and to verify the perception of managers and the president of the Self-Assessment Committee/CPA regarding the use of self-evaluation results in decision-making. To support the discussion, the theoretical contributions of Almeida, Stelzenberger and Gonçalves (2012), Dias Sobrinho (2003, 2008, 2010), Queiroz (2011), Santos (2016, 2019), Shiroma (2003), Sousa (2018), among others, were used. From a methodological point of view, Qualitative Research was adopted based on Bauer, Gaskel and Allum (2002), Malhotra (2006), Minayo (2001) and other authors. This research employed a qualitative approach, developed through documentary and field research. The documentary research analyzed the Institutional Development Plan (PDI), the CPA regulations, and the self-evaluation reports within the research's timeframe. In the fieldwork phase, interviews were used as the data collection instrument, and the data were analyzed using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), following Norman Fairclough's approach. The results show that IFAP's self-evaluation is aligned with the SINAES guidelines, adhering to its five axes, and that the evaluation process has primarily focused on fulfilling legal requirements. It was also found that managers and the president of the CPA recognize the importance of institutional evaluation; however, they face difficulties in using the self-evaluation results to support management decisions. Thus, the hypothesis that the reports have not been used to discuss how the indicators can contribute to strategic planning and institutional improvement, and therefore do not influence decision-making, was confirmed.