A permanência e o êxito escolar dos estudantes: um estudo de caso no curso Técnico em Enfermagem da Escola Técnica de Saúde da Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Abstract

This research had like major purpose analyze the factors which support or impair the permanence and the scholar achievement of the Nursing Technique Course students from Technique School of Health from Universidade Federal da Paraíba, in the perspective of the students, the professors and the course manager. Besides this, the research also analyses the public politics created for the Technique Professional Education of Middle Level in Brazil since 1990’s; characterize the Technique School of Health, the Nursing Technique Course and its academic efficiency indicators; characterize the socio-economic and educational profile of the students who continue studying in the Course and present action plans to keep them studying and increasing their grades to ensure their achievement. This research is a case study. A qualitative approach was chosen and the content analysis based in Bardin (2009) was selected for this research. The analyses were made using the categories of the Scholar Perfomance Concept Model of Rumberger and Lim (2008) and reveal that, favorable and unfavorable aspects to the permanence and achievement are, in most of cases, classified in the institutional factors, in School category. Therefore, acceptable for intervention from the School. At the end, action plans are presented to keep the students studying and to ensure their achievement in the Nursing Technique Course, mentioning the subject speeches who gave their valuable contribution in this research.