Aplicação de técnicas de geoprocessamento para subsidiar a análise e tomada de decisão no âmbito da educação

Abstract

Given the complexity of the world today, to rethink Education in our country should be part of the effort to create conditions for fully integration of the Brazil in the international scenery. Thereunto, maybe the biggest challenge from now on is to improve the efficiency of the public policies. This research is justified because intends to use geoprocessing techniques, aiming the analysis and posterior decision taking on certain dimensions of Education. Our objective was to evaluate the contributions of geoprocessing as a tool to support analysis and decision making into Education. This research is guided and is characterized by documentary research. Our main problem is how the use of geoprocessing can contribute to support analysis and decision making into Education. To answer this, the study was divided into two stages; while the first one had a quantitative character, the second step had a qualitative character. Alphanumerical statistician of Enem, GDP and IDESE, as well as the topography of Rio Grande do Sul subdivided into mesoregions were used as data. The spatialization of the data occurred with the assistance of ArcGIS ® software. It was realized that the use of the proposed tool has made the data analysis more clear and approachable. The considerations promoted by our study provide us an idea of the geoprocessing potentials and its benefits. In addition, it furnishes a set of researches that have similar aims. This research does not intend to exhaust the possibilities of utilizing this tool, since it does not propose a closed and definitive system, but procedures that aim to demystify the idea that advanced technology cannot contribute to the development of Education