Perfil de uma turma de alunos ingressantes no curso de Educação do Campo – Campus Arraias

Abstract

The present work deals with Rural Education. Through it, we tried to carry out a survey on the profile of a class of students entering the Degree Course in Rural Education at the Federal University of Tocantins, notably on the campus of Arraias, in the southeastern region of the state. The intention was to try to understand what was the profile of the freshman in the course, what led the students to choose the area, where they came from and what their perspectives of human and social development are. The work is based on theorists such as: Santos (2017), Sales (2018), Rodrigues (2009), among others and is divided into three chapters, in addition to the final considerations. In the first chapter, a small bibliographic survey was made, discussing part of what was written on the subject. In the second chapter, the methodology and data collection process were dealt with and in the third chapter, the data analysis and the presentation of some conclusions were carried out. Data collection was carried out through a survey and the results were reported with the support of tables and graphs. It is research linked, at first, to quantitative plans, especially when it comes to the application of the data collection instrument; however, the research also has qualitative approaches, especially when analyzing and interpreting the data obtained. In this second moment, the research aimed at describing a social phenomenon, in this case, the profile of a class of the Degree in Rural Education. The investigation was carried out in approximately two academic semesters, which were divided into eight stages, in 2019. The observation was made with the students entering the class of 2019 in the course of Rural Education, at the campus of Arraias of the Federal University of Tocantins. As a result, it was possible to get to know the students entering the course in a more particular way and obtain information that can help managers and teachers, supporting practices that promote a better use of resources and efforts invested in the development of the course.