Dissertação
Percepções de professores universitários sobre seu papel na adaptação de alunos ao ensino superior
Fecha
2018-08-30Autor
Basso, Fabiola de Cássia Reghelin
Institución
Resumen
This Master’s Dissertation aimed at investigation how Brazilian higher education professors
perceive students’ university adaptation. Two studies were conducted. In the absence of studies
published on university adaptation from the professors' standpoint, we carried out a literature
review on university adaptation in general. An integrative review on journal articles published
in Portuguese was carried out about the process of university adaptation, adjustment, and
integration. Seventeen studies were part of the final sample for further analysis, published
between 2006 and 2016, selected from databases ScIELO, PePSIC and LILACS. The selection
criteria demanded the paper to be a scientific article, written in Portuguese, and published in a
peer-reviewed journal. The analyses showed university professors exert important influences
on students’ academic adjustment, more specifically as to theoretical knowledge and
educational, motivational, and interpersonal skills. Openness to dialogue and dedication to
students’ academic adaptation and professional education are fundamental dispositions for
professors to help students in their academic adaptation. The second study investigated how
university professors perceive students’ academic adaptation to higher education. We
interviewed 16 professors, men and women, aged between 34 and 69 years old, from different
knowledge areas. Teaching experience ranged from two and a half to 39 years. The qualitative
analysis conducted on data was by descriptive coding and categorization in groups of codes
similar in meaning. Two sets of results yielded from the analysis: professors’ perceptions of
students’ academic adaptation, and professors’ suggestions on how they may help students
succeed in academic adaptation. The most significant contents derived from the analyses on the
teachers' perceptions of what influence students' academic adaptation were: students'
interpersonal relationships; teachers' behavior towards students' adaptation; and students'
behavior towards their academic adaptation. One of the main roads to take for the future is to
prepare students for the transition from high school to university and prepare professors to deal
with students' academic adaptation challenges.