A IMPORTÂNCIA DA EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA NA MELHORIA DA QUALIDADE DE VIDA

Abstract

This article aims to demonstrate the importance of Distance Education in order to improve the individuals’ life quality, and its considerable contribution to the democratization of access to the higher education. In the study, it was possible to present the concepts of both topics, and also, it emphasizes the education importance in the life quality promotion of modern man. The study was conducted with former students of the Undergraduate Course on Distance Education in Business Administration of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, at the school attendance of Lages/SC. It was possible to send questionnaires, by e-mail, to the 29 students graduated from the course, and 21 responses were obtained. The research results show that the conclusion of the Distance Course on Business Administration provided an increase in the salary range of most respondents. It was proven that, with the acquisition of new knowledge, most of them were able to get a job or a career progression along with the students’ life quality expansion after the course completion.

Keywords

• education
• quality of life
• higher education
• work