SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION: HIGHER EDUCATION ADVANCEMENTS

This article refers to the results obtained from a research made in Distance Education Pedagogy courses of two Brazilian universities: a federal and a community one. It aimed at investigating the pedagogical, scientific and technological innovations of the Distance Education Pedagogy courses of both institutions. The utilized methodology was the Case Study as backed by Bogdan and Biklen (1994) and Yin (2005). The theoretical background contemplates foundations by Cattani and Holzmann (2006), Furtado and Freitas (2004), Fullan (2000), Messina (2001), Leite, Cunha and Lucarelli et al. (1999), Santos (2006a, 2006b e 2008), Viotto and Macedo (2003), and Leite (2005), Audy (2006), among others. The study revealed that one is on the way to construct innovating practices since both Distance Education Pedagogy courses feature pedagogical, scientific and technological innovations that potentialize a new way of knowing, teaching and learning in the university.