Estudo sobre a retenção e a evasão de alunos do curso de graduação em Física diurno da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This dissertation was developed under the Postgraduate Program in Management and Evaluation of Public Education (PPGP), of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The management case analyzed the main factors that contribute to the reduced number of students graduated from the daytime Physics course offered by the Institute of Exact Sciences (ICE) of the UFJF, which includes the modalities of bachelor and teaching certificate in Physics. The objectives defined for this study were, among others: (i) to describe the problem of students retention and evasion in the UFJF daytime Physics course, (ii) to analyze the main causes of these phenomena in this specific exact sciences course and (iii) present an Educational Action Plan, aiming to reduce this problem of educational management present in the UFJF. This issue is relevant, considering that cases of academic failure cause several undesirable events for an educational institution. In this sense, the failure to fill all the places offered, the high rate of student retention and dropout, and a limited number of students graduated leads to social and economic damage to the Institution and to the public power. We used, as methodology, the documentary research and theoretical framework on the subject, as well as interviews with some members of the academic staff of the institution and the application of questionnaires to the students of the daytime Physics course. The main findings of the research point to the existence of a variety of factors that contribute to the student retention and dropout, for which some intervention actions were proposed, aimed at improving the educational service offered by the UFJF and the increase in the number of graduates by the daytime Physics course.