A percepção dos discentes da UFPB participantes de movimentos sociais à respeito do desempenho acadêmico

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to analyze the students' perceptions of the courses of the Center of Human Sciences, Letters and Arts, Center of Education and Health Sciences Center - verifying if the active participation in social movements influences the income academic. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional and ex-post facto research, where qualitative analyzes were used. The instrument selected to achieve the purpose of the study was a semi-structured questionnaire, applied with 15 undergraduate students of the Federal University of Paraíba, with no preference for sex, with a variant age between 18 and 33 years of age and active participants in social movements, which had 30 minutes to complete the requested responses. For the organization and categorization of the data obtained, Bardin's Content analysis was used, and three categories of analysis were listed: Student motivation for active participation in social movements, conciliation of social activities with academic activities, and influence of social participation in performance academic. Finally, it was concluded that students are worried about extracting from their social experience aspects that enhance their academic performance, even if it is eventually compromised so that their social activities can be carried out.