Abstract

ALMEIDA, Elisa Carmo Franco  and  MIRANDA, Paula Reis de. Public communication on dropout school prevention: the experience of an application on Integrated High School. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.64, pp.170-200.  Epub Apr 22, 2020. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.20.064.ao01.

The main cause of school dropout in the IF Sudeste MG - Rio Pomba Campus’ Integrated High School is the lack of knowledge about the identity of the integrated courses, which subjects students to post-admission surprises. Considering this distance between the institution and the target audience of Professional and Technological Education (PTE), the present study sought to validate the hypothesis that a mobile application aimed at approaching adolescent students would be a potential ally of the Rio Pomba Campus in the prevention of school dropouts. This hypothesis is related to the commitment to the academic trajectory, the institution and the career - pointed as a permanence factor. Thus, a case study focused on the integrated course with the highest dropout rate of the Rio Pomba Campus was carried out: that of Agropecuaria. Bibliographic review, study of recent educational experiences with technology and analysis of results of interviews with students outside the IF Sudeste MG composed the study and supported the creation of an interactive prototype application containing curricular information, images, videos and other resources about the course in question. The prototype was tested by the same adolescent subjects interviewed and their reports in questionnaires indicate that the technology was able to increase the knowledge about the Rio Pomba Campus and the Agropecuaria course in the integrated modality, besides modifying future perspectives. Therefore, the initial hypothesis was validated: the proposed application has the potential to prevent evasion by combating the main source of the problem - lack of knowledge.

Keywords : Professional and Technological Education; Technology; Adolescents; Innovation.

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