Retenção e evasão nas disciplinas iniciais ofertadas pelo Departamento de Matemática da UFJF

Abstract

This research is constituted as a Case Study and was developed within the scope of the Professional Master's degree in Management and Evaluation of Public Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policy and Evaluation of Education of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). The causes that influence the situation of significant retention and evasion in higher education were investigated, especially in the introductory disciplines offered by the Department of Mathematics (DM) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). The objectives defined for this study were to describe the situation of retention and evasion in the introductory disciplines offered by the DM of UFJF, as well as the initiatives implemented to modify this landscape, such as the provision of the leveling course and the monitoring and tutoring projects. The research methodology was qualitative and exploratory, using methodological instruments as questionnaires with students and teachers for data production. It was also used for theoretical basis documents with research legislation, such as: General Regiment of UFJF, Academic Regiment of undergraduate (RAG) of UFJF, National Education Plan (PNE), Student Assistance Policy of UFJF, among others. Based on the analysis of the results obtained, an Educational Action Plan-PAE was proposed with intervention actions that improve DM’s initiatives and focus on the effective decrease in retention and evasion rates in introductory disciplines.