NA ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTIONS ABOUT UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AT UNIFAL – MG

Abstract

The concept of university is built on three distinct bases, teaching, scientific research and extension. However, in Brazilian universities, it is often It is possible to observe the lack of articulation between these three bases and in most of the cases the extension is placed last in the order of importance of the community academic Thus, in this study, an analysis of extension through epistemological conceptions based on the perception of teachers, students at the Federal University of Alfenas - MG, Advanced Campus of Varginha - MG, was conducted to ascertain which extension conceptions are developed and developed. From the identification of different views on extension in this area, point out what students and teachers understand by university extension existing in Brazil and the Federal University of Alfenas - MG. However, during the research, however, it can be observed that because there is no single conceptualization of what extension is, there is also no structure for articulation between the three bases, and extension ends most of the time. being placed in the last degree of importance by the academic community.