Challenges of two higher education institutions in the Amazon facing the pandemic of COVID-19

Authors

  • Carlinda Leite Universidade do Porto
  • Walter Lopes de Sousa UFOPA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/iisue.20072872e.2022.37.1308

Keywords:

public higher education, higher education institutions, public universities, digital education, remote higher education, remote classes, hybrid higher education, Brazil

Abstract

The article presents the situations of two public universities in a rural city in the Brazilian Amazon area in dealing with the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) pandemic and the effects it had on their operation. From the methodological point of view, the study made use of the to Brazilian legislation published during the pandemic period and of interviews with rectors and coordinators of these universities. These speeches, interpreted by content analysis, allowed us to identify how each institution found its way to deal with adversities from its own specific situation and features. It also allowed us to recognize the importance of alternative plans for the medium and long term, such as those defined by the European Union, which aim to make people digitally literate so that the use of digital technologies can become part of everyone's personal and educational life, and not only be used as an emergency palliative, as it happened in Brazil when they were needed during this pandemic.

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Author Biographies

Carlinda Leite, Universidade do Porto

Portuguesa. Doutora em Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Portugal. Professora Emérita e Catedrática da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Coordenadora da Comunidade de Prática de Investigação CIIE, Currículo, Avaliação, Formação e Tecnologias Educativas CAFTe, da Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto e Perita da Agência de Acreditação do Ensino Superior. Temas de investigação: currículo, avaliação, formação e tecnologias educativas. carlinda@fpce.up.pt

Walter Lopes de Sousa, UFOPA

Brasileiro. Doutor em Educação, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Brasil; Pós-Doutorado pela Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Portugal. Vice coordenador do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisa Indigenismo, Sociedades e Educação na Amazônia, vinculado ao Instituto de Ciências da Educação, da Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brasil; Professor da Seduc – PA e Técnico em Assuntos Educacionais da Ufopa. Temas de investigação: políticas públicas educacionais, antropologia e educação, pandemia e educação e tecnologias educativas. walter.sousa@ufopa.edu.br

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Published

2023-06-01 — Updated on 2023-09-11

How to Cite

Leite, C., & Lopes de Sousa, W. (2023). Challenges of two higher education institutions in the Amazon facing the pandemic of COVID-19. Revista Iberoamericana De Educación Superior, 13(37), 135–154. https://doi.org/10.22201/iisue.20072872e.2022.37.1308

Issue

Vol. 13 Núm. 37 (2022)

Section

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