Experiências educativas não exitosas: um estudo com discentes avaliando seu próprio processo de reprovação escolar

Abstract

The present study was conducted at 20 public schools in Parnaíba and Floriano (Piauí). The subjects were students, a population poorly documented in academic productions about the theme, and, as a result, they are absent in intervention plans regarding the issue of school failure. Therefore, the study aimed to make clear senses and meanings given by students at primary schools. According to Minayo (1992, 1996), a qualitative research was accomplished. The subjects were composed by 94 students – 55 girls and 39 boys – from public schools in Parnaíba and Floriano – PI that were disapproved at least once. They were found trough archives of school offices in both cities. The collected data were analyzed according to the hermeneutical technique (VERONESE; GUARESCHI, 2006), that allows a procedure in three stages: socio-historical analysis; content analysis; (re) interpretation. In conclusion, this study is very important for the educational field, since disapproval is one of the indicators that school is not fulfilling its role as a social segment.