Evasão no curso superior em pedagogia da uab: campus Laranjal do Jari

Abstract

The Open University of Brazil (UAB) program was officially instituted by decree 5800, of June 8, 2006, as a result of actions developed in a different modality of face-to-face teaching, in the last decade of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, was created with the purpose of expanding and internalizing the offer of higher education courses and programs in the country, encouraging integration between the federal government, public higher education institutions and municipalities that collaboratively create mechanisms for induction, promotion, implementation and execution of undergraduate and graduate courses in a consortium. In this way, the program works as an effective instrument for universalizing access to higher education, minimizing the concentration of undergraduate courses offered in large urban centers and preventing the migratory flow to large cities. Distance Education (EaD) is considered one of the most effective ways to train and qualify professionals, being one of the most important tools for transmission, access, permanence and successful exit of professionals prepared for the job market. Despite the relevance and growth, dropout rates have shown very high numbers, reaching around 40% in Higher Education, according to ABED's EaD Census. Such numbers are influenced by several variables and factors – social, institutional and personal. EaD needs studies and research, making it relevant to study the causes of this dropout, with the purpose of identifying situations and proposing strategies aimed at reducing such rates or comparing them to classroom teaching. In this sense, this research focuses on distance education and has as its object of study the dropout in the pedagogy course at Universidade Aberta do Brasil – Campus IFAP – Laranjal do Jari. In this sense, the following question-problem arises: What are the reasons for the dropout in pedagogy at Universidade Aberta do Brasil – Campus IFAP – Laranjal do Jari. Its general objective is to analyze the reasons for dropping out of the pedagogy course at Universidade Aberta do Brasil – Campus IFAP – Laranjal do Jari. Methodologically, it is a case study with a qualitative approach.