School evasion in High School

Analysis of a reality

Abstract

This study had as main objective to apprehend the meanings associated with school evasion in High School, and to characterize the convergences and divergences that exist between the speeches of managers, teachers and students. The research was done in the two existing state schools in a city in the countryside of Sao Paulo city, with four principals, ten teachers and sixteen students. The data collection was conducted in two stages, the first consists of questionnaires with closed questions about the participants’ personal info, and the second, through interviews with a semi-open script, aiming to apprehend the meanings surround the problem. The information was organized in tables, and the analysis of the content was guided by the historical-cultural approach, in which the speeches and expressions were explored through the apprehension of meanings described by Aguiar and Ozella (2006), organized in pre-indicators, indicators and the meaning core. The main results show that, on the part of the teachers and principals, the meaning show the value of knowledge transmitted by the school, the importance of support networks for monitoring the student’s daily life. However, the emphasis appears on the teacher’s limits and the school to contain the evasion phenomenon. Students emphasize that the school, the teacher and the student’s reality have a meaning core on school performance, which can be considered as motivations for dropout and highlight the importance of being heard, valuing research as an opportunity to express what they think and feel.