Um olhar sobre a saída e a permanência de estudantes do ensino médio integrado de uma escola estadual de educação profissional do Ceará

Abstract

This dissertation was developed under the Professional Master's Degree in Education Management and Evaluation (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policy and Education Evaluation at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF) and describes and analyzes the intra-school factors that have impacted at the exit of students from a public school located in the State of Ceará. It was based on the question of how the management of the institution's students' educational trajectory can contribute to the permanence of its students in the institutionº The study aims to identify and analyze the intra-school factors that have impacted the transfer of students from the educational institution studied, analyzing how these can be mitigated by it in order to create conditions for permanence. The cut that characterizes the case studied is justified by the fact that the author, in his role as school coordinator of the researched institution, has observed frequent departures of students to other teaching units. These departures, before the conclusion of Integrated High School. The institution's school flow was investigated, with an eye on the number of transferees. The specific objectives are: (i) Describe the educational context in which the studied educational institution is located, data on transfers of students from the school and the factors that have contributed to students leaving school before completing the three-year cycle; (ii) identify and analyze which elements internal to the institution have an impact on the students' departure to other teaching units before the conclusion of this teaching stage; and (iii) to propose an Educational Action Plan that is configured as an instrument to support the institution to rethink its practices in order to favor conditions for the student to remain in school. As methodological tools, we use documentary research to highlight the case of management, an electronic questionnaire and two focus groups in order to collect and analyze perceptions of students and alumni about the internal aspects that contributed and/or contribute to the departure or permanence of students from/in the institutionº Through data analysis, we found that factors internal to the institution, such as teaching practices, spaces for student participation and especially aspects related to the school climate, directly impact the student's relationship with the institution in order to influence the decision to stay or leaving school, with weak points being identified in these elements. It was based on these findings that we proposed the Educational Action Plan (PAE), whose main objective is to offer better conditions for students' access and permanence in school, through the qualification of their student trajectory, marked by the correspondence of their expectations, by the quality of the school atmosphere and by openness spaces for dialogue and participation.