Integrated Formative Actions (AFIN): results and challenges of preparatory course for admission to higher education at the Federal University of Uberlândia

Abstract

The Integrated Formative Actions Program (AFIN) is part of an extension context of formation and aims to support and assist the entry of high school students in situations of economic vulnerability in higher education and to contribute to the formation of major students through teaching practices. The program has the characteristics of a popular preparatory course and began its activities in the second semester of 2015, with 115 students, and its continuity in 2016 expanded to 367 students, achieving significant results in the goals set. This text aims to describe the results of this Program and analyze it considering other similar initiatives and popular education references. The analysis presents elements of this contribution, but also points to the possibility of improving the action with a view to achieving its objective.

Keywords

• Formative actions
• Democratization
• Popular Preparatory Course
• High School