Meanings of school reprobation for adolescent students in public schools

Authors

  • Jéssica Augusta Santos UFSJ
  • Ruth Bernardes Sant'Ana UFSJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/198464445113

Keywords:

School reprobation, Adolescent students, Elementar Schooling.

Abstract

This paper aims to present a survey experience which sought to understand the meanings of school reprobation and the elements related to it by students on the last grades of elementary public schools in São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais. Presently, the investigated teenagers attended the regular teaching program and Programa Acelerar para Vencer (PAV), implemented by the state government in 2008. We take as basement some contributions from theoretical and methodological perspectives of interactionism, especially the ethnomethodological aspect. The study showed that meanings given to the school reprobation vary from rejection and belief in its disciplinary power. We noticed by the students’ speeches that reprobation is only seen as a failure by those students who see school as the only way to achieve professional success.

Author Biographies

Jéssica Augusta Santos, UFSJ

Graduação em Psicologia pela UFSJ. Estuda os processos educativos.

Ruth Bernardes Sant'Ana, UFSJ

DEPSIC - Departamento das Psicologias da UFSJ

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Published

2013-09-27

Issue

educação, v. 38, n. 3, set./dez. 2013

Section

Continuous Demand

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