A SALA DE AULA COMO AMBIENTE DA DIVERSIDADE CULTURAL: PERCEPÇÃO DOS ESTUDANTES UNIVERSITÁRIOS

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the perception of cultural diversity among university students. For this, an exploratory, quantitative and cross-sectional study was developed, with primary data from a Survey questionnaire. The questionnaire was applied to 357 students of the management course of two higher education institutions, based on the evaluation model of the Ministry of Education and Culture / MEC, Presotti (2011), of the Secretariat for Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity / SECAD ) and Rodrigues (2013). The results show that diversity is low in the classroom. Through the socio-demographic answers it was noticed that the classroom is predominantly composed of young, white singles belonging to classes C and B. Regarding the factorial analysis, it was observed that only fifteen variables remained in the final model grouped into four components, the determinants Perception, Group Relationship and Understanding. It is concluded that much remains to be done to transform classrooms into accessible environments for all.

Keywords

• cultural diversity
• multiculturalism
• higher education
• student profile