Inseparability between university extension and research: a learning community analyzed from a practical example

Abstract

This article situates and problematizes the development of reflective teachers in attitudes aimed at the inseparability between university extension and research, through a practical example in real and lived situations in the space of praxis thought and felt in collective work. It is a Journey in Lecture Cycles, whose discussions take place in a learning community, constituted by researchers who are members of the Study and Research Group in Physical Education and its Interdisciplinary Relations (GEPEFRI, in Portuguese abbreviation) linked to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). The work was carried out based on documentary analysis through the Unified Report of University Extension Action of the Support Program for the Implementation of Courses and Events (PAREC), of the Pro-rectory of Extension (PROEXT) of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM). Thus, the challenges of research as a social activity in multiple objects of study are discussed, when articulated with the concepts of learning community and teacher identity in the reflective extension project. During each meeting, it was realized, in the interactive process, the need to socialize the research processes with the involvement of reflected practice and professional development of teachers, regarding the continuity of training and work as teachers and researchers.