Multiple contexts for developing the internationalization of postgraduate studies

Abstract

This research, within the field of Human Sciences and with the use of a qualitative approach, attempts to map the development of internationalization at a public university in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), considering its multiple contexts and the institutionalization strategies for management and actions in the Graduate Program in Physical Education. This descriptive study presents a case study as a strategy and procedure for bibliographic and documentary analysis, which allows for the necessary in-depth analysis to explain the phenomenon studied. In order to map the legally established internationalization actions, we have used institutional and regulatory documents of institutional policies, as well as evaluation reports of the graduate programs available on the Sucupira Platform. The documentary analysis was carried out using Bardin's (2011) content analysis method, and the results have pointed out similar scenarios; among these, we should highlight the establishment of management processes that foster internationalization and adherence to major calls for promoting initiatives with impact on the quality of the graduate programs investigated. This is compounded by the challenges faced during the pandemic: the isolation of researchers and the use of remote activities as a strategy to maintain internationalization processes. Moreover, it should be highlighted that reports on all internationalization activities are not available on public domain platforms, which thus hinders in-depth analysis of some practices.