Prospects of the University Extension related to the Project “Exchange of Knowledges” of Santa Catarina State University

Abstract

This article addresses the theme University Extension through the experience of academics Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias (CAV) of Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, participants in the project Exchange of Knowledge developed in the Santa Catarina highlands. The practice of Knowledge Exchange between university students and the community, contributes to socio and environmental development in the area that receives the direct application of this work proposal. Changes in personal, academic and career are achieved by the agents of this initiative, academics UDESC. In this way the project takes your actions as an important educational tool for the practice of citizenship and transdisciplinarity, assuming as an instrument in complementing of a academic formation based on values and social experiences linked to location where the project is inserted. Participatory management is in many situations, providential for solving environmental problems and thus achieve the common objective. In this sense the university extension by Exchange of Knowledge project works directly for environmental changes in their different forms and practices.