Sociodemographic Profile and Relationship Between Distance Teacher Education Students and Tutors

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Juliana Gomes
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Bianchini, Luciane Guimarães Batistela, Alliprandini, Paula Mariza Zedu
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EAD em Foco
• Texto Completo: https://eademfoco.cecierj.edu.br/index.php/Revista/article/view/801

With the expansion of Distance Education (DE) in Brazil and the increase in enrollment for this type of education, reflections and questions arise about the sociodemographic profile and characteristics related to the mode of study of distance education students. The aim of this investigation was to identify the sociodemographic profile of students enrolled in an online Education course, as well as their study habits and their relationship with available tutoring. For that, a descriptive field research with a quantitative approach was conducted with 1,434 students from a Teacher Education program offered at a distance by a private university in Northern Paraná. Data collection was done online and submitted to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Of the participants, 1,364 were female and 70 were male; the average age was 31.2 years old; the majority (55.5%) were married and with family income between R $ 789.00 and R $ 1,576.00. They were located in different regions in the country and 91.2% reported having only up to high school education. Most of them (85.45%) had not taken other courses at a distance. Respondents reported that they prefer to solve their problems with the tutor (58.44%) and that the tutor contributes positively to the accomplishment of course activities (93.24%). The study is intended to help the researched course improve the formulation of the pedagogical projects based on students profiles, as well as favoring the development of public policies for distance learning. Keywords: Distance learning. Tutoring. Teacher training.