Política de acesso e permanência nas licenciaturas do IFTO: o curso de Computação do campus de Colinas do Tocantins como ilustração

Abstract

This study deals with the policy of access and permanence in the degree courses in Computing at the Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of Tocantins (IFTO), illustrated by the Degree Course in Computing offered at the Colinas do Tocantins Campus. The research was motivated by questions about the difficulties faced by students in staying on the Degree in Computing course at the campus and was based on the following mobilizing question: what is the general situation regarding the policy of access and permanence of students on teacher training courses, with a focus on the Degree in Computing course at the IFT/TO, Colinas/Tocantins Campus? Faced with this question, the study aimed, in general, to analyze the theoretical and practical aspects of the policy of access and permanence of students in teacher training courses, with a focus on the Degree Course in Computing at the IFTO, Colinas do Tocantins Campus. The study that resulted in this Technical Research Report was carried out using the critical-dialectical approach as a reference and was materialized through bibliographical and documentary research. The findings of the research made it possible to understand some of the conditioning factors related to public social educational policies, such as policies on student access and permanence in higher education courses, such as undergraduate courses, illustrated by the Computer Degree Course at the IFTO Colinas do Tocantins Campus. These constraints are external to the IFTO, but also include the internal institutional environment, and therefore the course under study. Based on the analysis carried out, we found a significant lack of interest in the course, a high rate of permanent and temporary dropouts and a low graduation rate per year, thus expressing worrying repercussions for the curriculum and teaching and learning in the IFTO's degree courses. In view of this finding, as a “Final Product” we drew up a proposal for dealing with the situation revealed, called “A framework to help mitigate dropout in the IFTO Computer Science Degree Course”.