VARIÁVEIS PESSOAIS E CONTEXTUAIS DIFERENCIADORAS DAS EXPECTATIVAS ACADÊMICAS DE ESTUDANTES INGRESSANTES NO ENSINO SUPERIOR

Authors

  • Rebeca Vinagre Farias Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba (IFPB) - Brasil
  • Leandro S. Almeida Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Gouveia V. Gouveia Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brasil)

Abstract

The academic trajectory of students entering in Higher Education goes through transition, adaptation and success or failure throughout their training. In the context of the transition, academic expectations deserve to be highlighted, as they are related to the strategies students face the challenges of higher education. This paper analyzes possible differences in expectations according to some characteristics of the students. The sample consisted of 525 students from the Federal Institute of Paraíba (IFPB, Brazil) answering the Academic Perceptions Questionnaire - Expectations Version which identifies seven dimensions of expectations. A differential analysis of the results was performed according to their age and being the first time that the student attends the educational institution. Younger students have higher average expectations when compared to older students who study for the first time at IFPB. The same is not true of the institution's former students. Older students have jn general higher expectations than younger ones. These data suggest the relevance of taking the characteristics of the students in the analysis of their expectations, being important that the institutions of higher education consider the diversity of students in the development of early diagnoses and interventions to prevent failure and dropout.

Keywords: Higher education; academic expectations; academic transition; 1st year students.

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Author Biographies

Rebeca Vinagre Farias , Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba (IFPB) - Brasil

Doutoranda em Ciências da Educação (Psicologia da Educação), pela Universidade do Minho. Professora no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba (IFPB) - Brasil. Investigações sobre transição, adaptação e sucesso acadêmico no Ensino Superior.

Leandro S. Almeida , Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Doutor em Psicologia, especialidade de Psicologia da Educação. Professor do Instituto de Educação e investigador do Centro de Investigação em Educação (CIEd) da Universidade do Minho, Portugal. Investigação voltada para os estudantes do ensino superior.

Gouveia V. Gouveia , Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brasil)

Doutor em Psicologia (Psicologia Social), Professor no Departamento de Psicologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brasil). Investigação na área da construção e adaptação de instrumentos psicológicos, valores humanos e traços de personalidade.

Published

2021-01-01