Organização do trabalho docente na educação a distância : implicações da polidocência no contexto da Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB) ; Organization of teaching work in distance education : implications of polidocência in the context of the Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB) system

The Distance Education has undergone significant changes that concerns the way in which the teaching work is organized. In the modality, not just one, but multiple professionals should work in consonance to guarantee the teaching-learning processes. In addition, in the Brazilian experience, the Distance Education has been developed, in public institutions, by policies with an emergency character such as the Universidade Aberta do Brasil System (UAB). In addition to the inherent complexities of the teaching work in Distance Education, it is added, therefore, related aspects in the precariousness of work. Thus, this research has the main objective of analyze the consequences from the teaching work organization in the Distance Education in light of the concept of polidocência. In order to meet the main objective, our analysis is based on five specific objectives: to perform a bibliometric study on the scientific production of the area; to characterize the Universidade Aberta do Brasil system and the configuration of the teaching adopted in its courses, analyzing the implications in the institutionalization of the Distance Education; to discriminate the division of teaching work and its implications for teaching in the Distance Education; to investigate the labor relations between teachers in the Distance Education; to explore the teacher knowledge used in Distance Education and its implications in the relations of power and knowledge in the context of polidocência. About the methodology, we used methodological triangulation, considering that we simultaneously used qualitative and quantitative methods. The methodological procedures, in turn, occurred as follows: bibliometric analysis using the thesis basis elaborated by the Grupo Horizonte; documentary analysis from the pedagogical projects of courses offered under the UAB System; application of virtual questionnaires to teachers-authors, teachers-applicators and virtual and face-to-face tutors who work or have already worked in the UAB System; semi structured ...