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Causas de abandono e insucesso escolar: comparação entre a realidade açoriana e continental
| Summary: | This study's main goal was to identify and compare the effect of various factors on the abandonment and/or academic failure of students, as well as to identify the differences between the causes of school failure observed in Mainland Portugal and the Azores Islands. This study included the participation of 206 individuals from the 3rd cycle of basic education, aged between 13 and 19 years old and who have been held back at least once in their academic pathway. To these students we applied a quantitative survey, which was divided into two parts. The first part intended to collect biographic data from the students, their families and their school situation; the second part planned on gathering students opinions about the causes of their academic failure. Most individuals had a low socioeconomic status, identifiable by the number of individuals benefiting from social support and by low parental education. It was also found that there was a high percentage of “sporadic drinking” of alcoholic drinks (48% in Azores and 43% in Mainland) and a higher drug abuse rate at Mainland (with 20%) when compared to Azores (with 13%). We also found that was in the 5th year, or even earlier (n=34, at group 1 and n=59, at group 2) and the 7th year of basic education (n=57, at group 1, and n=44, at group 2) that the highest number of school failures takes place. The school failure of brothers also seems to exert some weight in the matter, with percentages of around 57% in the Azores and 44% in Mainland. Finally, a reasonable number of individuals have thought about leaving school with values near 34% and 20% in the Azores and Mainland, respectively. According to the students, their “dislike of school”, the “will or need to work”, the “distance from home to school”, the “complexity of school subjects” and the “disbelief in their professional future” are some of the aspects that promote the school dropout thoughts. |
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| Authors: | Pereira, Ana; Gonçalves, Francisco |
| Subject: | Abandono dos estudos Insucesso escolar Retenção Fatores de insucesso |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | master thesis |
| Access type: | Open |
| Associated institution: | Repositório da UTAD, DSpace at My University, Repositório Institucional da UTAD |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Origin: | Repositório da UTAD |
| Summary: | This study's main goal was to identify and compare the effect of various factors on the abandonment and/or academic failure of students, as well as to identify the differences between the causes of school failure observed in Mainland Portugal and the Azores Islands. This study included the participation of 206 individuals from the 3rd cycle of basic education, aged between 13 and 19 years old and who have been held back at least once in their academic pathway. To these students we applied a quantitative survey, which was divided into two parts. The first part intended to collect biographic data from the students, their families and their school situation; the second part planned on gathering students opinions about the causes of their academic failure. Most individuals had a low socioeconomic status, identifiable by the number of individuals benefiting from social support and by low parental education. It was also found that there was a high percentage of “sporadic drinking” of alcoholic drinks (48% in Azores and 43% in Mainland) and a higher drug abuse rate at Mainland (with 20%) when compared to Azores (with 13%). We also found that was in the 5th year, or even earlier (n=34, at group 1 and n=59, at group 2) and the 7th year of basic education (n=57, at group 1, and n=44, at group 2) that the highest number of school failures takes place. The school failure of brothers also seems to exert some weight in the matter, with percentages of around 57% in the Azores and 44% in Mainland. Finally, a reasonable number of individuals have thought about leaving school with values near 34% and 20% in the Azores and Mainland, respectively. According to the students, their “dislike of school”, the “will or need to work”, the “distance from home to school”, the “complexity of school subjects” and the “disbelief in their professional future” are some of the aspects that promote the school dropout thoughts. |
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