DIAGNOSIS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN LEISURE IN THE BRAZILIAN CONTEXT

AN ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND BACHELOR'S DEGREE COURSES

Abstract

The growth of leisure and its approach as a scientific field of study and intervention has advanced, producing new methods of training and practice in this field. With this in mind, the present investigation aims to diagnose professional training possibilities in leisure offered in the Brazilian context, analyzing the desired professional profile in formal education proposals, whether they are technical courses, technological undergraduate degrees or bachelor's degrees, and also to identify the contents covered, actions and practices that guide the curriculum of these three course modalities involving professional training in leisure. It was possible to notice that there is a dissonance between the government database, the national catalog and the active courses, as many listed courses are extinct according to the information collected on the institutions' websites. We noticed a wide range of options for leisure training in Brazil, which does not necessarily guarantee employability in the leisure field.