Permanência/Evasão Acadêmica: um estudo sobre o percurso dos ingressantes 2024/1 no Curso de Licenciatura em Matemática Noturno da UFPel

Abstract

This study was developed within the research line of History, Curriculum, and Culture of the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Matemática at Universidade Federal de Pelotas. The main research question is: What are the main factors for the per sistence/dropout in the first semester of the course among the 2024/1 cohort of the Night Program in the Mathematics Licentiate Degree at UFPel (CLMN/UFPel)? The specific objectives were: to analyze the factors pointed out in the literature for the dual phenomenon of academic persistence/dropout in higher education, particularly in Mathematics Licentiate Degree programs; to describe the profile of the students who persisted/dropped out in the first semester of CLMN/UFPel; to identify the factors of the persistence/dropout in the first semester of CLMN/UFPel; and to compare the factors of persistence/dropout in higher education with the factors of persistence/dropout in the first semester of CLMN/UFPel. The teaching assistantship in the Introduction to Mathematics Education course was used to establish a connection with the incoming students and enable the research. The research methodology is qualitative in nature. The method used was the Case Study (Yin, 2015). A Logbook, online questionnaires, and WhatsApp conversations were used as data sources. The qualitative data were processed using Discursive Textual Analysis, and the following categories emerged for the factors behind persistence/dropout: Desires and Motivations Guiding Entry into the Mathematics Licentiate Degree; Unstable Trajectories and Redefinitions of Path in Initial Teacher Training; Affective and Cognitive Relationships with Mathematics; Ten sions between Academic Demands and Life and Work Conditions; Institutional Requirements and Academic Challenges in Teacher Training; Training Processes and the Construction of Teacher Identity; and Sense of Academic Belonging. Based on the analysis of this data, the research provides support for the institution and/or the pro gram to develop and implement strategies to reduce dropout rates in the Night Program of the Mathematics Licentiate Degree at UFPel.