Dropout in the licentiates to teaching undergraduate courses of Federal Universities: between inclination and competency

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  • Otacilio Antunes Santana Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Centro de Ciências Biológicas Departamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644420199

Keywords:

Power to act, Comprehensive interview, Tag clouds

Abstract

The student dropout in higher education is a recurrent thematic from the transition of elite education to mass education. The objectives of this work were: i) to analyze the main period of dropout in the licentiates to teaching undergraduate courses of Brazilian Federal Universities; and ii) to evaluate the discourse of students in begin, in dropout moment, and in last year for students that remained in course. The work followed two methods of data sample: quantitative and qualitative; and the statistical and comprehensive analyzes (discursive). The dropout moment was highlight by reduction of power to act by students; it is especially in middle of the academic route.

Author Biography

Otacilio Antunes Santana, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Centro de Ciências Biológicas Departamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia

Biólogo, Doutor, Professor Adjunto UFPE

http://lattes.cnpq.br/4237732461961452

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Published

2016-07-21

How to Cite

Santana, O. A. (2016). Dropout in the licentiates to teaching undergraduate courses of Federal Universities: between inclination and competency. Education, 41(2), 311–328. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644420199

Issue

Educação, v. 41, n. 2, maio/ago. 2016

Section

Continuous Demand

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