A evasão discente no contexto dos cursos de licenciaturas em Matemática e Física do IFPB-CG

Abstract

The objective of this research was to detect and clarify which reasons caused the school dropout in Mathematics and Physics Degree Course at the Federal Institute of Paraíba (IFPB), Campina Grande Campus (CG).In order to do so, a theoretical-empirical, descriptive, ex-post-facto, bibliographic and documentary research was developed, focusing on the qualitative dimension of the phenomenon seeking to understand the school dropout from the perspective of the ones who dropped out school. Data were collected through online questionnaires sent to a total of 218 students who had dropped out the courses previously mentioned between 2013 and 2018. Through the stud,y it was possible to see that the difficulty of working and studying at the same time was the personal reason that most contributed to students’ exit of the course. Among the internal factors ( academic and/or institutional nature), the one that most influenced the decision to drop out involves issues related to the teacher and pedagogical practices, especially the ones regarding didactics and the assessment used in class. Finally, the item dissatisfaction with the labor market of the chosen profession was pointed out as the most decisive external factor for the abandonment of the course.

Keywords

• degree in physics. degree in mathematics. academic dropout.