Mobilização para a aprendizagem: diagnóstico de fatores impactantes no aprendizado do aluno de curso de graduação em Administração

Abstract

This thesis presents a diagnosis of the impacting factors in the learning process regarding students of a business school in the city of São Paulo. These students have demonstrated academic performance and level of involvement below expectations. The theoretical framework considers the need of learning and mobilization concepts of Bernard Charlot; the way Marco Antonio Moreira understands meaningful learning; the three dimensions of learning and its obstacles pointed out by Knud Illeris; the importance of Involvement highlighted by Astin, the concept of learning environment according to Astin and Antonio; and the relevance to learn that Vera Lucia Felicetti gives to commitment. Based on the main question: Which factors are important to mobilize business students to learn? , the objective of this work is to identify the key factors encouraging or limiting mobilization to learn the content related to Business Administration. It is an exploratory research using mixed approaches, such as field study and documental field surveys. The data collection was done using an online questionnaire that was answered by 144 enrolled students, and consistence cross-checking was made using documental data from 194 graduates from the first semester of 2014. Data were tabulated and classified by gender, period and semesters. The diagnosis shows that students appear to study for the test but not to learn. The tabulated data indicates that the students do not properly associate commitment to engagement. In spite of the existing commitments, the proper engagement was not taken into account, based on related behaviors such as: poor reading level before classes, low involvement and participation in the classes, susceptibility to distracting factors and rates of performance, absence, repetition and school evasion. Two of the analyzed factors were identified as critical factors to the students lack of mobilization to learn, commitment and teaching techniques