Methodological and Analytical Dimensions of University Extension

ABSTRACT: The aim of this article is to present and discuss a methodological proposal to research university extension. This proposal was withdrawn from a historical and conceptual study about the conceptions and practices of extension. A series of methodological dimensions were removed: one who extends; to whom it is intended; what activities materialize it; what kind of knowledge is extended and what are the objectives of this process; because the extension is made; impacts of extension activity; how activities are legitimized; contextual and historical insertion; and the debate about the university’s social function and commitment.