“RECÉM MÃE E PEDAGOGA” - A CONDIÇÃO DE ALUNA MÃE NA VISÃO DE ESTUDANTES DO CURSO DE PEDAGOGIA DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA – CAMPUS III.

Abstract

This article proposes to investigate the experience of student mothers of the Pedagogy Course at the Federal University of Paraíba - Campus III, seeking to understand the main conflicts and challenges experienced by university mothers who discovered motherhood during the training process. For this, the following specific objectives were outlined: 1. Reflect on being a mother and being a teacher in training, the challenges for the continuity of studies; 2. Identify/investigate what kind of university assistance is provided to student-mothers at UFPB - Campus III; and 3. Discuss the difficulties and strategies arising from the return of maternity leave to continue training. The study is characterized as qualitative, and is inspired by the methodology of Ego-history, as it brings the author's own report to the research. However, it also has the report of 6 other student mothers in training, obtained through the questionnaire as a data collection instrument. Theoretically, it is based on the studies of Ana Maria de Oliveira Urpia and Sonia Maria Rocha Sampaio, among others. It is concluded that academic assistance needs to be expanded and better publicized, as well as attesting to the urgency of new policies designed for pregnant students that guarantee the permanence of future mothers in the period of graduation.