Análise da percepção dos discentes sobre a formação na universiddade por meio do questionário do estudante do ENADE

Abstract

The National Student Performance Evaluation (ENADE) aims to analyze the performance of students on the syllabus suggested in the curricular guidelines of their undergraduate courses, the development of their skills and their capabilities necessary for the professional formation. The ENADE result, associated with the Student Questionnaire responses, composes indexes that evaluate the quality of higher education since it serves as a basis for the calculation of the quality indicators of the Institutions of Education and the Higher Education Courses. Based on that, the objective of this research was to analyze the perception of the students of the Chemistry courses of the Química do Centro de Ciências Agrárias of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba, in addition to their conception along with the course coordinator about the evaluation obtained in the ENADE. The data collection was obtained through an ENADE 2017 Student Questionnaire, available on the INEP website and the application of a questionnaire to the students and the coordinator about the possible factors that influenced the concept of the courses. The present research has a quantity-qualitative approach and descriptive. When analyzing the ENADE 2017 Student Questionnaire, it can be inferred that the students of both the bachelor’s degree and the licentiate had difficulties in responding to the test in general, however, they presented more difficulties in the specific knowledge test. When asked about the reasons for the difficulties during the test, most of the students informed that they did not know the content. Most bachelor’s students agree that the course favors the articulation between practice and theory and that teachers have a good mastery of content, however, most of the undergraduate students disagree. By analyzing the responses of the students to their perception of the concept of the course obtained in the ENADE 2017, we notice that these factors point out to factors such as: not enough time to answer the test, lack of student preparation, poor didactics by the professors, lack of interest in taking the test, lack of knowledge of the importance of evaluation, socioeconomic status and a protest, generated by the unsatisfaction experienced by the pioneer class of the course. The course coordinator states that he will make decisions about the grade obtained in the ENADE, however, he does not show interest in using the Student Questionnaire. It is possible to infer a great necessity for discussions about student dissatisfaction and divulgation of the ENADE. Based on the presented, we suggest the creation of an Evaluation Committee that, together with the coordination, that can work to disseminate and analyze the results of the ENADE and the Student Questionnaire.