Integração de alunos ingressantes no ensino superior em tempos de pandemia : um estudo de casos múltiplos focado na coorte de 2020

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze how was the integration of students entering the 2020/1 semester at the Federal University of Pampa - UNIPAMPA, in their first semester as students of the institution, based on the personal evaluation of their experience in academic admission in a period of emergency remote learning. The research also provided for three specific objectives: the first was to analyze the performance levels of these students in the first half of 2020, based on variables such as the number of curricular components attended, maximum and minimum grades, averages in curricular components attended and averages in components approved curriculum. The second was the verification of which segment of the academic community incoming students perceived a higher level of integration, considering: professors, colleagues and other sectors of the university, in addition to the way they assessed the academic experience in the first semester and emergency remote teaching. The third specific objective was to map the profile and vision of students with higher integration rates (origin courses, campus, form of admission, age, ethnicity, gender, etc.), describing their qualitative perceptions about the experience as newcomers at the University. Considering the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, data were collected through questionnaires, developed through Google Forms, which were sent by email to all entrants from 2020/1. 124 valid responses were considered that served as the basis for the analyses. Regarding performance, data were extracted from the GURI System - Unified Management of Institutional Resources. As a result of this study, it is possible to state that the most integrated students were those who showed the best performance throughout the semester. It was also possible to verify that among the three segments analyzed (colleagues, professors and other members of the academic community), students showed greater integration with professors. Regarding the profile of students who demonstrated better performance and integration, it was possible to verify that the majority were students aged over twenty-three, considered, according to the literature, to be non-traditional students. Of the ten students most well integrated and with better performance, four belong to the Uruguaiana campus, and two are Veterinary Medicine students. Regarding gender, eight of the ten students are women. With regard to the form and modality of admission, the SISU waiting list and the admission by wide competition were the most predominant, with five tickets by the SISU Waiting List and eight tickets by the wide competition modality.