Estudar e trabalhar: impactos na formação acadêmica em Secretariado Executivo

Abstract

The work and the education are intrinsically related. Over the years, the education stopped being previous to work, to be concomitant with this. In this sense, is common to find in the in the high education institutions, the student who conciliates professional activities and academic educations. On this, is the guiding question of this research: how the development of professional activities during graduation interferes in the academic formation from the students of Executive Secretariat? The general objective is investigate how the development of professional activities during the graduation impacts in the academic educations of the students of the Executive Secretariat course graduating of the Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). This research is justified because, the concern and oftentimes, of the inevitable insertion of individual into the job market still during graduation, it’s wanted raise awareness the society that this generates advantages and disadvantages for the formation and consequently, for the future professional career. Starting from the assumption, therefore, to reconcile academic formation and professional activities generates negatives and positives impacts the formation. Initially the review was carried out of literature, following the positioning especially Santos (1997), Frigotto (1998), Oliveira (2001), Gondim (2002), Delors (2006), Terribili Filho (2009) and Abrantes (2012), who identified the relationship of education with the job market and how this reality interferes in the student formation process. In this sequence, this collection data was done, with students and teachers of course. This research is qualitative and descriptive, for the data collected was used the technique of questionnaire, and the understanding of data made the descriptive analysis content. The results evidence that student of Executive Secretariat profile is a student – worker and cannot perform the common activities among undergraduates, as: attend class properly, go to library or participate in extra-class activities, which complement the academic formation. The practical application of theoretical knowledge was considered the principal advantage for subjects, teachers and students. However, the students admit that this reduces the time devoted to studies. The teachers share this view, however related That the work allows the academic and professional maturity of the student and that it is possible to reconcile both roles, without significant damages.