Evasão nos cursos de licenciatura: o caso do curso de licenciatura em química da UTFPR-CM

Abstract

Evasion is a phenomenon that encompasses all instances of education, but mainly affects Higher Education, since the abandonment of the course generates financial, social and academic waste. In this sense, it becomes necessary to deeply study this phenomenon, to understand it and move towards its overcoming. This study had the objective of discussing and evaluating the possible triggers of academic avoidance in teacher training courses, specifically in the Bachelor’s degree course in Chemistry from UTFPR, Campo Mourão câmpus. For this work, we chose the qualitative case study, having as data construction techniques the semi-open questionnaire and documentary analysis. The questionnaire, consisting of 52 questions, was made available virtually through the Google® forms tool, and sent to the electronic address that the studies informed when entry into the institution. The questionnaire was sent to 214 students who dropped out of the course between the first half of 2011 and the first half of 2016. Altogether, we obtained 59 participations (27%). With the answers, begins an analysis of the data. For an analysis, discussion and interpretation of the results, we used the method of categorization and triangulation of data. From the analysis of the data, we observed that several factors have triggered the academic avoidance, among them were the difficulties in the conditions of permanence – especially financial, since they are, for the most part, workers and students at same time –, the difficulty to reconcile the work with studies and the lack of a solid basic platform that support students to acquire higher-level knowledge. Among others aspects, we hope with this work, offer to those involved with the Bachelor's degree in Chemistry course of the UTFPR, Campo Mourão câmpus, some reflections and possibilities of actions that can be developed within this course to overcome the high dropout rate of students who enters in it.