POSTGRADUATION CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCES: Studies at UFBA Information Science Program

Abstract

Assuming that postgraduate programs in information science, in a situation of continuing education, they have the intention of enlarge the information competencies, this study discusses the competencies and abilities informational development underlying the pedagogical project of the Postgraduate in Information Science Program (PPGCI / UFBA) Instituto de Ciência da Informação (ICI / UFBA). It is an exploratory and descriptive case study, with a cognitive approach in order to build up a knowledge background about concepts, cognitive trajectories and mediation competencies. It was proceeded the analysis about current disciplines plans that have had taken part of the PPGCI / UFBA curriculum structure. Then, it was applied a questionnaire to the students of PPGCI, in order to perceive the degree of consciousness about competencies acquisitions during the course that they have had participated. The students that have taken part of the research in the first semester of 2009 were students that have begun the course in 2008. They had pointed that the disciplines that have had contributed with bigger relevance for the general and informational competencies building are: Research Methodology in Information, Advanced Seminars in Information and Information and Cognition.