ABSTRACT In this research, we intend to study the role of art in the creative process, in engineering courses at the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, as a technological innovation factor. This qualitative research is characterised as a method for adopting a naturalistic and descriptive perspective. The sample is composed of students and graduates (10); teachers, coordinators and directors of Education of the Pato Branco Campus (10); Dean (1); Entrepreneurs (4). In the analysis and discussion of results from semi-structured interviews, we opted for Content Analysis, having in perspective the Theory of Social Representations of Moscovici (1978). Among the main conclusions, we highlight the valorisation of creative, interpersonal and communicative skills as fundamental competences in the formation of an engineer. It is also highlighted that the role of art in engineering can enhance creativity and constitute a factor of technological innovation. This can promote the imagination and the capacity for necessary and fundamental abstraction in the design of engineering projects and the communicational plan. The integration of art in formal training, at the moment, does not constitute an institutional option, nor does it contribute to a significant dialogical relationship between curricular activities and extracurricular artistic activities.

Resumo A presente pesquisa tem como principal objetivo questionar e repensar profundamente a forma e o conteúdo da abordagem inclusiva no universo da supervisão afeta aos Estágios da Inserção Profissional (EIP). Com recurso à Metodologia Quantitativa e a um inquérito por questionário (207 inquiridos) aplicado a estagiários e a professores (supervisores ou cooperantes) da região de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro - Portugal, pode-se perceber, a partir dos resultados obtidos, que as instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) devem reestruturar os seus curricula e promover ações de formação e sensibilização extracurriculares sobre a inclusão de pessoas com deficiência nesse contexto. Torna-se ainda evidente que os professores (supervisores ou cooperantes) que observam, acompanham e avaliam os EIP deveriam ter formação específica na área da Inclusão e/ou Educação Especial ou, em alternativa, a constituição dessas equipas deveria contar com um profissional especializado nessas áreas.

Abstract This research aims to question and profoundly rethink the form and content of the inclusive approach in the field of supervision in pre-service teacher training and professional integration. In this study we used the Quantitative Methodology and a questionnaire survey (207 respondents) applied to trainees and teachers (university supervisors and cooperating teachers) in the region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro – Portugal. The results obtained showed that higher education institutions should restructure their curricula and promote awareness-raising and training about the inclusion of people with special needs in this context. It’s also clear that teachers (university supervisors or cooperating teachers) who observe, accompany and evaluate pre-service training should have specific training in the area of Inclusion and/or Special Needs Education or, alternatively, these teams should include an expert in these areas.

Resumo: O objetivo deste artigo é apreender a racionalidade tecnológica no contexto da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Única no país com esta denominação, ela tem a maioria dos seus cursos voltados para a formação de engenheiros no Brasil. No âmbito dessa formação, incluímos o estudo da estética, como discussão alternativa, por entendê-la significativa na formação social do sujeito enquanto dimensão emancipatória gerada no movimento de criação e de inovação tecnológica e que hoje é deixada em segundo plano nesse contexto. Este artigo constituiu-se a partir da revisão das ideias de Marcuse, Adorno, Habermas e Horkheimer, Rancière, os quais abordam a presente temática sob a perspetiva da autonomia do sujeito em oposição às interpretações normativas e tecnocráticas da sociedade.

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to understand the technological rationality within the context of the Federal Technological University of Paraná. Unique in the country under that name, the majority of its courses aim at training engineers in Brazil. Along with this training we include the study of the aesthetics, as an alternative argument, by assuming its significance in the social training of the subject as an emancipatory dimension generated by the movement of creation and technological innovation and which today is left in the background within this context. This article results from the review of Marcuse, Adorno, Horkheimer, Habermas and Rancière’s ideas, which address the referred themes according to the perspective of the individual´s autonomy as opposed to the normative and technocratic interpretations of society.