Permanência e evasão escolar: um estudo de caso em uma instituição de ensino profissional

Abstract

This research analyzes the phenomenon of school retention in courses offered in Professional Education Technical Degree, with an emphasis on Subsequent Technical Course of Computer Networks in the first two classes started in the fall of 2011 and completed in the first half of 2013, offered by Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte - IFRN, Campus São Gonçalo do Amarante - SGA. Searching with this contribute to the reduction in truancy so frequent in subsequent technical courses. The research has as main objective to investigate the factors that contribute to school retention and as specific: to analyze the perceptions of different stakeholders about the phenomenon under investigation; establish the relationship between different factors that are contributing or hindering school retention; analyze the strategies that the school has done to encourage school retention; and preparing a proposal of pedagogical intervention on the phenomenon under study. The perspective adopted was the case study and the discussion was based theoretical framework for discussing the issue of permanence and truancy in Basic Education in Technical and Vocational Education, focusing on a reality of an aforementioned professional technical school. The instruments used consisted of documentary, a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, which allowed data collection analysis and qualitative analysis. Mediated by the context in which it interfaces, the results showed that the factors related to the presence or truancy are intrinsically related to the internal aspects of the institution, confirming the theoretical approach. Factors such as the profile / performance of the student body, resources and school physical structures, processes and teaching practices were cited as important to encourage students to remain. These perceptions were ratified by both administrators and teachers, and their students, showing that both have similar views on the subject studied.