Professional Education and student drop-out in context: reasons and reflections

This research aimed to analyze the causes of dropout in the first period of a technical course of CEFET/RJ, Petropolis Unit. Sought not only to identify the factors directly signaled by former students as abandonment causes, but understanding the relationships between the various elements present in...

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Autores: Figueiredo, Natalia Gomes da Silva, Salles, Denise Medeiros Ribeiro
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2017
País:Brasil
Recursos:Fundação Cesgranrio
Repositório:Ensaio (Rio de Janeiro. Online)
Idioma:português
inglês
espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.localhost:article/397
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.cesgranrio.org.br/index.php/ensaio/article/view/397
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Professional Education; Technical Course; Dropout
Educacion Profesional; Curso Tecnico; Evasion
Educação; Educação Profissional
Professional education; Technical course; Dropout
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Resumo:This research aimed to analyze the causes of dropout in the first period of a technical course of CEFET/RJ, Petropolis Unit. Sought not only to identify the factors directly signaled by former students as abandonment causes, but understanding the relationships between the various elements present in his speeches. The research, which involved desk research and field, took the form of a case study, and the Telecommunications Technician Course was the selected for analysis. As regards the approach of the study was qualitative and employed the strategy of content analysis for treating the material, collected via interviews slightly open. The results of the research show causes of evasion related to the following categories: gaps in choosing the course; school factors; personal difficulties; influence of friends; opportunities and institutional and / or governmental disinterest.