INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS AS INSTRUMENTS TO REDUCE STUDENT DROPOUT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THE CASE OF PET/PHYSICS UFAM

• Autor(a) principal: Gusmão, Marta Silva dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Santos, Yara Araújo dos, Frota, Hidembergue Ordozgoith da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Reamec
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/reamec/article/view/16482
• topic: Evasão; Sentimento de Pertencimento; PET- Física; Evasión; Sentimiento de hacer parte; PET-Física; Dropout; Sense of belonging; PET-Physics

Student departure in higher education is a universal problem that has been studied extensively in many countries. It is a complex topic  with several facets, encompassing both  internal and external factors within the academic environment. Institutional abandoment in general, is the outcome of the combination various issues, such as student disillusionment with their chosen course, lack of motivation or clarity in setting objectives, personal problems or a sense of not belonging to the community of which the student is a part. This study aims to understand the potential correlations between the number of students of the Tutorial Education Program (PET) within the Physics undergraduate course at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) and their retention within the institution. The analysis is based on documentary evidence, referring to the number of  freshmen of the Licentiate and Bachelor’s program in Physics, between 2005 and  2014, utilizing the Vincent Tinto's evasion model (1993). The research findings indicate that the dropout rate is reduced when students feel acknowledged and integrated into a community, such as PET-Physics.