THE PROPOSAL FOR A GRADUATE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION AND CAPES' EVALUATIONS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF WEST PARANÁ.

This article aims to analyze the way in which CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) has evaluated the proposal for a Graduate Program in Education. The main objectives of this text are: to problematize the performance of PPGE / UNIOESTE described in the Final Opinions of the Area Commission; to analyze, through the recommendations of the evaluators, what are the improvements that the consultants have indicated; to present, from examples in a comparative perspective, suggestions, guidelines and strategies that are being adopted by consolidated Programs and that, respecting the idiosyncrasies, may eventually be adopted both by PPGE / UNIOESTE and by other Graduate Programs in a similar situation. The research results problematize the positive and negative comments and suggestions made by the evaluators as well as part of the trends and challenges imposed on the Graduate Programs in Education in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]