Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/22167
Document Type: Artigo
Title: Tourism and extension in higher education: The UFS de Braços Abertos project and demystifying percpetions of the university
Authors: Santos, Pedro Henrique Jesus
Leal, Rosana Eduardo da Silva
Issue Date: 2021
Resumo : University extension is an inseparable tool from teaching and research, and aims to popularize science by providing services to society. In higher education in Tourism, extension activities are indispensable in the process of raising citizenship awareness among professionals in the area. Based on these premises, this article reflects on the importance of university extension as a tool for higher education in Tourism, as well as for democratizing access to university, taking as its field of study the project UFS de Braços Abertos. We begin with a report of experience of one of the actions of the project, in partnership with the Física Show, conducted with elementary and high school students from the city of Propriá, in the state of Sergipe/SE. The aims were: i) to critically discuss the common sense vision of the University as a restricted, excluding space that is distant from society, ii) to analyze the importance of the projects UFS de Braços Abertos and Física Show in the career choice of students in Basic Education and iii) to reflect on the importance of university extension projects for academic and professional training on the course in Tourism at Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS). As theoretical and methodological contributions, we adopted participant research (GIL, 2008), linked to descriptive research, and a qualitative approach. Our reflections indicate an increasing need to discuss university extension activities, bearing in mind that they provide a practical laboratory where theory and practice can be combined, contributing to students’ academic and professional training. Extension projects also provide opportunities for inclusion of the community outside the walls of UFS. We conclude that since tourism is an activity that encompasses other areas of knowledge, which are necessary for its performance, studies in this area should also include transdisciplinary extension activities inherent to the learning process.
Keywords: Tourism
Higher Education
Extension
UFS
ISSN: 2448-3524
Is part of: Applied Tourism
Language: eng
Publisher / Institution : Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI)
Citation: SANTOS, P. H. J.; LEAL, R. E. S. Tourism and extension in higher education: The UFS de Braços Abertos project and demystifying percpetions of the university. Applied Tourism, Balneário Camboriú, v. 6, n. 2, p. 7-11, ago. 2021. Disponível em: https://periodicos.univali.br/index.php/ijth/article/view/17723/pdf. Acesso em: 21 maio 2025
License: Creative Commons Atribuição-CompartilhaIgual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-SA 4.0)
URI: https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/22167
Appears in Collections:DTUR - Artigos de periódicos

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
TourismExtensionHigherEducation.pdf683,43 kBAdobe PDFThumbnail
View/Open


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.