The dead file students

Authors

  • Luciana Vigil Ferrão Rede Estadual de Ensino, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Décio Auler Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/198464443158

Keywords:

School evasion, School space-time, Syllabus and high-school.

Abstract

The causes of school evasion have been sought, as well as the identification of possible remolds which can contribute to face this problem. In terms of theoretical methodological direction, this research is designed as a case study, focusing the evasion in the Public Teaching/RS, and it has used a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview as tools of information register. Among the references who have initiated the research, there are Braverman and Paulo Freire as outstanding ones. The subjects of the research were students who evaded from this school and who have not returned anymore, having their names found in the referred dead file. In the outcomes’ analyses it was chosen the content analyses. The results were synthesized into three thematic categories: 1)To fulfill programs, 2) Interest: to make sense being at school and 3) Naturalized syllabus. Thes results point out the necessity of, in order to overcome the school evasion, problematize and overcome the logic of organization of school space-time, inspiredin the factories’ assembly line in the beginning of 20th century.

Published

2011-12-24

How to Cite

Ferrão, L. V., & Auler, D. (2011). The dead file students. Education, 37(1), 153–171. https://doi.org/10.5902/198464443158

Issue

Section

Continuous Demand