Análise da evasão no curso de Licenciatura em Física do IFPE campus Pesqueira: um estudo de caso

Abstract

A challenge in Brazilian education is evasion in higher education, which is around 21% (BRASIL, 2018). In a research carried out between 2013 and 2016, an evasion rate of Bachelor's degrees in Physics in Brazil reached 70% (OLIVEIRA; SILVA, 2020). In view of this reality, the objective of the present work is to identify some of the main factors that lead students to drop out of the Physics Degree course at the Federal Institute of Pernambuco - Campus Pesqueira. The research, qualitative and bibliographic, was carried out from a case study with 10 physics graduates, using a questionnaire and interview, which were carried out remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis had an organization directed from the elaborated questions. Among the most relevant factors that promote school dropout in the Physics course at IFPE were identified: a) a problem in reconciling study with the work; b) 50% of the students reported for reasons in relation to the course, these, which may be due to the difficulties in relation to elementary mathematics and c) another obstacle reported by the students, as a demotivating factor, was the application used by some teachers, who sometimes did not favored learning. The present study continued the continuation of the teachers' continuing education programs and a discussion on the specific difficulties of the students, some of them prior to higher education, which can be solved with the creation and / or strengthening of public policies.