Rural young in High School: schooling experiences and youth expectations

Abstract

This article presents the results of a research that sought to analyze the schooling process of young students in their first year of Higher Education from a rural school. We try to highlight the most significant facts of the school experiences brought by students and their expectations for the future with the aim of understanding the meaning they attribute to the experiences in a school located in countryside. The research procedures were establishment observations, individual semi-structured interviews, questionnaire and documentary study The survey data suggest that young people are able to express their opinions about classes, content and school. From the research data, we can say that young people are able to express their opinions about classes, content and school. From the interviews, we realized that the meanings attributed to the school in the schooling process are positive, since young people feel confident in this institution.

Keywords

• rural youth
• high school
• schooling.