Experiências e expectativas discentes no contexto pandêmico da Covid-19

Abstract

We analyzed the experiences of some graduate students in the light of the pandemic context. The testimonies taken here as an object serve as a paradigmatic example that intend to reflect, in specific terms, the generality of the confrontations in that context. Bringing to light the perspectives of students is a purpose that moves our reflections since the ‘student place’ of graduate education is a ‘place’ of silencing when we refer to experiences in the pandemic context in higher education. From the (female) gender perspective, we expand the debate and reflections on this theme. We indicate that among so many things that the pandemic has revealed, perhaps the main one, is that no one experiences suffering in the same way. Despite the fact that suffering in the pandemic context might be understood collectively, it affects people differentially, especially from the point of view of gender. Therefore, compulsory social isolation required graduate students to modify their ways of apprehending and learning their academic activities, extending to relationships in the family, personal and matrimonial spheres.