AN OVERVIEW OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN LETRAS-LIBRAS AFTER A DECADE OF THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS (2011-2021)

UM PANORAMA DOS CURSOS DE GRADUAÇÃO EM LETRAS-LIBRAS APÓS UMA DÉCADA DA PRIMEIRA TURMA FORMADA (2011-2021)

Abstract

Graduation in Libras in Brazil is relatively recent, compared to the courses that began in the country at the time of the empire, so to study a 'young' graduation is to have the possibility of glimpsing the evolutions and/or involutions that it has taken and in this sense, the objective of this study is to present an overview of the active graduation courses in Libras in Brazil in the year 2021, with the exception of the graduation in bilingual pedagogy. In order to achieve this goal, we used the official e-MEC data system to identify how these courses are doing 10 years after the first graduating class (2011 - 2021), and thus understand the ways in which these degrees have evolved over the years. This research is descriptive and uses qualitative analysis. The main results of analysing the data collected from e-MEC on undergraduate courses in Libras in 2021 were: a) a substantial increase in vacancies, b) private initiative is largely responsible for the number of vacancies, especially with regard to distance education (EaD) - which has seen a potential market, c) all regions of the country have undergraduate courses in Libras and d) federal institutions are the pioneers and are responsible for the capillarisation of these courses across the country.