Relations between contents of the dentistry courses and ENADE 2004/2010

Abstract:

The National System of Evaluation of Higher Education has the objective of accompanying the undergraduate courses and to allow adjustments to be made. One of its components is the National Student Performance Exam (ENADE). The objective of the study was to compare the questions from the ENADE 2004 and 2010 tests with the contents of the subjects of the UFRN Dentistry Course, based on the perception of graduate students and teachers. To consolidate the answers, the disciplines were identified based on the contents of the National Curricular Guidelines classified as basic sciences, collective health, clinical propaedeutics and odontological clinics. There was disarticulation between the basic cycle and the vocational cycle, since the students indicated in the answers that there is no coherence between the extensive workload of the basic subjects and the contents covered about them in ENADE. One of the limitations for advancement on this articulation is the insularityof these disciplines in Departments and Centers of Sciences without articulation, which contribute to the fragmentation of teaching in isolated and decontextualized disciplines, present situation in several institutions of higher education in Brazil. In order to transform this situation, a constant self-assessment that empowers the actors directly involved and interested in quality higher education is fundamental.

Key words:
Educational evaluation; Curriculum; Education in Odontology; ENADE